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Gordon L. Nelson Health Sciences Building

Equipment & Facilities

Equipment

Equipment used by the Biomedical Engineering and Science department in its teaching and research.

Compiled by Lab Manager Beste Caner.

Cell sorting involves physically separating (purifying) a specific cell population from the remaining cells or particles in the suspension for the purpose of performing further experimental procedures on these purified cells. The system is ideal for sorting cells expressing fluorescent proteins such as eGFP, DsRed, and mCherry, or for cells labeled with fluorescent markers such as antibodies labeled with PE, PE tandems, and other fluorophores excited by the 405, 488, 561, and 640 nm lasers.

Jenoptik and Photometrics CoolSNAP MYO camera; and with Image-Pro (version 7.0) software. An inverted fluorescent microscope uses fluorescence to study specimens, such as living cells at the bottom of a petri dish or tissue culture. Fluorescence microscopy has ability to use fluorescence when the samples are labeled/stained with a fluorescent substance such as a dye antibody or protein allowing images to have contrast. By targeting these fluorescent labels, researchers can select what they want to see.

Instron ElectroPulse E3000 – mechanical testing system, using 3 special software: Instron Console, WaveMatrix and Bluehill. The Electropulse offers both linear and rotary motion which can be applied through a wave function with a variety of shapes and a range of frequencies so it can be used for precise fatigue testing of tensile/compressive loads, torsional loads, and 3-point bending.

Facilities

Biomedical Engineering and Science facilities.

This center supports light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, focused ion beam microscopy, and X-ray microanalysis of natural and artificial materials. The center provides an array of high resolution microscopic equipment for multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary science and engineering research and development. Olin Life Sciences Building, Room 128

Learn more about High Resolution Microscopy and Advanced Imaging Center