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CO2 Incubator
Use: Allows cells to be grown in culture by emulating a cell's normal environment in an organism
Application: Growing nerve cells to study regneration and repair
Cost: $76,000
Source of Funds: National Science Foundation |
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Laminar Flow Cabinet
Use: Maintains safe, sterile environment for working with cultured mammalian cells
Application: Measuring how drugs affect cell growth
Cost: $76,000
Source of Funds: National Science Foundation |
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Flow Cytometer
Use: Measures fluorescently labeled structures in or on cells
Applications: Identifying leukemia cells or the amount of DNA in individual cells
Cost: $224,000
Source of Funds: National Science Foundation
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Inverted Microscope
Use: Viewing living cells growing in culture
Application: Observing cellular responses to infection
Cost: $30,000
Source of Funds: Calvin Science Division Equipment Endowment |
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Gamma Counter
Use: Measures radioactivity
Application: Sensitive measurement of gene expression by cells
Cost: $29,500
Sources of Funds: Orthopaedic Research Grants |
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Autoclave
Use: Sterilizes equipment and reagents by combined heat and pressure
Application: Sterilizing media for growing bacteria and other microorganisms
Cost: $45,000
Source of Funds: Private Donor |
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Fluorescent Microscope
Use: Viewing fluorescently labeled structures in cells and tissue
Application: Observing nuclear staining patterns in cells from lupus patients
Cost: $33,000
Source of Founds: Dow Corning Corporation |
 | Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Machine
Use: Copies genes or gene fragments (one million copies in two hours)
Application: Forensic analysis of small samples of DNA
Cost: $28,000
Sources of Funds: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Science
Foundation |
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DNA Sequencer
Use: Identifies the building blocks (nucleotides) of DNA and related
molecules
Application: DNA fingerprinting to determine how organisms differ
genetically from each other?
Cost: $70,000
Sources of Funds: Private Donor, Calvin Science Division Equipment
Endowment
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Gene Gun
Use: Inserts (shoots) genes into living plants and animals
Application: Modify plants to produce natural pesticides from other
organisms
Cost: $15,000
Source of Funds: National Science Foundation |
 | Infrared Imaging System
Use: Visualizing images of genes, gene fragments, and gene products
Application: Distinguishing between normal and cancer cells
Cost: $37,000
Source of Funds: Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
 | Image Documentation System
Use: Digitizing images for permanently recording laboratory data
Application: DNA fingerprinting, killing of bacteria by antibiotics
Cost: $20,000
Sources of Funds: Several Research Grants |
 | Fluorometer
Use: Measuring fluorescently tagged structures in cells and tissues
Application: Measuring the amount of bacteria ingested by white blood
cells
Cost: $16,500
Sources of Funds: Orthopaedic Research Grants |
 | Transmission Electron Microscope
Use: Viewing very small structures inside a single cell—structures
1/10,000th the size of a human hair
Application: Observing viruses that infect cells
Cost: $150,000
Sources of Funds: Private Donations |
 | Microplate Washer/Reader
Use: Measures amounts of molecules (e.g., proteins, carbohydrates)
in body fluids and other samples
Application: Screening blood for hepatitis B antibody
Cost: $22,000
Sources of Funds: Orthopaedic Research Grants |
 | Spectroradiometer
Use: Provides information about the energy levels of light used in
photosynthesis processes
Application: Measuring light utilization by plants growing in shade
or sun
Cost: $32,500
Source of Funds: Calvin Science Division Equipment Endowment |
 | Luminometer
Use: Measures light generated by a chemical reaction inside a cell
Application: Measuring a drug's influence on gene expression or protein
function
Cost: $16,500
Source of Funds: Orthopaedic Research Grants |
 | Ultracentrifuge and Rotors
Use: Separates structures by rotation at ultra high speed (80,000
rpm, 605,000 x g), an ultra high-speed refrigerated centrifuge
Application: Isolating and purifying cellular components (orangelles
and small structures)
Cost: $51,350
Sources of Funds: Kresge Grant and Calvin Equipment Endowment
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 | Ultramicrotome
Use: Prepare ultra thin (thinner than a human hair) sections for viewing
with an electron microscope
Application: Examining magnetic structures in cells that honeybees
use for navigation
Cost: $35,000
Sources of Funds: Private Donations
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 | Cell 3D ImaginG System (Zeiss Apotome)
Use: Captures 3D images of cells or tissues with computerized reconstruction
of image—like a CAT scan of a cell
Application: Localizing internalized molecules within cells
Cost: $174,000
Source of Funds: National Science Foundation
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Scanning Electron Microscope
Use: Provides 3D images of cells or small structures
Application: Visualizing dust mites, the most important source of
indoor allergens, which are too small to be easily seen with the naked
eye
Cost: $150,500
Source of Funds: Eastman Kodak Company |
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Computerized Physiology Monitoring Equipment
Use: Measures light generated by a chemical reaction inside a cell
Application: Measuring a drug's influence on gene expression or protein
function
Cost: $16,500
Source of Funds: National Science Foundation |
