Our microbial culture facility and Repository has the following equipment available (housed in either MR-4 or MR-6). For access to any of this equipment, please reach out the Casandra Hoffman (clh4he@virginia.edu).
- Bio-Rad CFX96 real-time PCR detection systems, Eppendorf conventional gradient PCR instruments, OptiMax thermocycler (MR-4)
- Class II Biosafety cabinets for handling of bacterial pathogens (MR-4)
- Incubators, shaking incubators, Fisher Scientific jacketed CO2 incubators (MR-4)
- Refrigerators and -20°C freezers (MR-4)
- Eppendorf microcentrifuges, Beckman L7-55 ultracentrifuge, Sorvall refrigerated benchtop centrifuge, Avanti J-30I centrifuge with multiple rotors, International PR-J swinging bucket centrifuge, Sorvall RC5B Superspeed centrifuge (MR-4)
- Milli-Q water purification system (MR-4)
- Vortex mixers, pH meter, hot plate stirrers, balances including Mettler balance (MR-4)
- Ultrasonic bath sonicator and Ultrasonic W-375 sonicator/cell disruptor (MR-4)
- Fisher Isotemp water bath (MR-4)
- Autoclave and dishwashing facility (MR-4)
- Spectronic 601 spectrophotometer (MR-4)
- Bio-Rad Gel Doc system (MR-4)
- Quibit Flex Fluorometer (MR-4)
- Biospec Mini-Beadbeater-96 (MR-4)
- Qiagen TissueLyser II (MR-6)
- Illumina MiSeq (MR-4)
- Tecan Infinite M Plex Plate Reader (MR-4)
- 8 Cerillo Stratus Plate Readers (MR-4)
- 3 Coy Anaerobic Chambers, two Type-B double chambers (MR-4 and MR-6), one Type-A single chamber (Fontaine Research Park, Gnotobiotic Animal Facility)
- Opentrons OT-2 Liquid Handling Robot (MR-4)
- Opetrons Next Generation Sequencing Robot (MR-4)
- 4 165 Liter Panasonic temperature- and CO2- controlled incubators (MR-4)
- 4 1300 Series A2 Biosafety Cabinets (MR-4)
- BioTek ELx50 ELISA Plate Washer (MR-4)
- SYNERGY HTX multi-mode (fluorescence, luminescence) plate reader (MR-4)
- a Sartorius weigh scale, two Denver Instrument weigh scales (MR-4)
- upright Fisher microscope with digital camera (MR-4)
- Olympus BX41 light microscope, a dissecting microscope (MR-4)
- PTC-100 Programmable Thermal Controller PCR Machine (MR-4)
- BIO-RAD iCyclerIQ multicolor Real-Time PCR Detection System (MR-4)
- Benchmark MyBlock Eppendorf tube heat block (MR-4)
- Eppendorf Thermomixer heat block/sample mixer (MR-4)
- Perkin Elmer UV/Vis Spectrophotometer Lambda Bio (MR-4)
- 2 Kronos Dio AB-2550 luminometers with CO2 and temperature control (MR-4)
- Fisher Scientific accuSpin Micro 17 benchtop centrifuge (MR-4)
- Glite UV gel imager (MR-4)
- Eppendorf 5810 R Table-Top Centrifuge (MR-4)
- Fisher Scientific AR15 pH meter (MR-4)
- four hot plate stirrers (MR-4)
- two water baths (MR-4)
- MVE Cryosystem 750 liquid nitrogen storage tank, and a Thermo Fisher Scientific CY509108 4000 vial liquid nitrogen storage tank (MR-4)
- Eppendorf CryoCube Ultra-Low Temperature -80ºC freezer in a common equipment area (MR-4)
- Evos Microscope/Cell Imaging System with 5 color cubes and up to 100X magnification (MR-4)
- 60 square foot, walk-in cold room (MR-4)
