Research Facilities

The Department and University are well equipped to assist you in completion of your research project:

• Analytical ultracentrifuges
• High pressure liquid chromatography
• Fast protein liquid chromatography
• Real-time fluorescence spectrometer
• EPR Spectrometer
• Coherent Argon Ion Laser
• X-ray diffractometer
• Light Microscopy
  • Phase Contrast
  • Confocal
  • Differential Interference Contrast
  • Polarization
  • Darkfied
  • Fluorescence
• Electroporation
• PCR and Continuous Flow PCR
• Gene Sequencing
• Cell Culture Facilities
• Cell Fractionation
• Fermenter
• BL3 facilities for work with pathogens
• Fully equipped Microbiology laboratories
• Electron Microscopy
  • Scanning
  • Transmission

In addition, each individual laboratory in our department is equipped with internet-linked computers to allow for database, literature and other information searches. Research equipment is shared freely among faculty and students within the Molecular Biosciences department, the Division of Biological Sciences, and the School of Pharmacy.

Also, the University of Kansas maintains several service facilities for use by all faculty and students. Each of these facilities is staffed by full-time technicians who carry out analytical techniques or instruct investigators to use the instruments:

• Tissue Culture and Hybridoma Laboratory
• Instrumentation Design Laboratory
• Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
• Microscopy and Electronic Imaging Laboratory (Confocal, TEM, & SEM)
• Molecular Graphics and Modeling Laboratory
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory
• The Protein Structure Lab
• X-ray Crystallographic Laboratory
• Animal Care Facility
• Bioinformatics Core Facility
• Biochemical Research Services Laboratory
• High Throughput Screening Laboratory
• DNA Sequencing Laboratory

Libraries

• The University of Kansas Libraries
• Anschutz Science Library
• Spencer Research Library