Affymetrix System: includes all of the instrumentation and software to process and analyze pre-fabricated oligonucleotide arrays, i.e. GeneChips
Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer: an automated system for analyzing nucleic acids, proteins, and cells in a "lab-on-a-chip" format, the Bioanalyzer offers a highly sensitive method for quality control and quantitation of samples for microarray experiments
Axon GenePix 4000B Scanner and GenePix Pro software: a dual wavelength microarray scanner, and image acquisition and analysis software
Genomic Solutions GeneTAC HybStation: a 12-slide automated system for the hybridization of glass slide microarrays
Genomics Solutions GeneTAC G3 Library Management System: a gridding, replicating and colony picking robot
GeneMachines OmniGrid: a high-capacity arraying robot for custom printing of glass slide microarrays
MJ Research DNA Engine Tetrad: four independently controlled units in a Peltier thermal cycler for the amplification of DNA; each unit holds 96 X 0.2 ml tubes or 1 96-well plate
NanoDrop ND1000 Spectrophotometer: uses a 1 microliter sample volume to measure the concentration and quality of nucleic acid samples, also used to determine the concentration of dye incorporated in DNA microarray probes
Packard MultiPROBE II HT EX: a liquid-handling robot with clone library rearraying capabilities, the MultiPROBE also has applications in high-throughput processing of cDNA clones prior to printing custom microarrays
Stratagene 2400 UV Stratalinker: crosslinks DNA or RNA to the coated surface of glass slides, nylon membranes, etc.
Taqman Real Time PCR
– Located in 311 Worrilow Hall – Dr. Larry Cogburn
