MOLECULAR/CELL BIOLOGY: Automated DNA Sequencer, Thermal Cyclers for polymerase chain reaction, Laminar Flow Chambers and CO2 incubators for mammalian cell culture, Epi-fluorescence research microscope with digital image analysis system, research lab centrifuges and microcentrifuges, DNA agarose and PAGE electrophoresis, -70oC ultralow freezers, media prep facility containing hospital autoclave.
ECOLOGY/ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY: Backpack shockers, boat and motor, environmental chambers, live animal facility with housing for fish, amphibians, reptiles and rodents, water chemistry lab, vertebrate teaching collection with over 2000 specimens of fish, reptiles and mammals, herbarium with over 1500 specimens of plants. Access to research facilities at Pymatuning Ecology Laboratory, Allegheny National Forest, and old-growth stands in Cook State Forest.
LABORATORIES for UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AND RESEARCH: 3 undergraduate research labs, Molecular biology lab, Cell Biology lab, Microbiology lab, media prep facility containing hospital autoclave, Ecology lab, Genetics/Physiology lab, Invertebrate Biology lab, 2 "smart" classrooms, Freshman Biology lab (majors), General Biology lab (non-majors).
COMPUTER LAB: Multi-disciplinary lab primarily designated for science students.
New Science and Technology Center opens in 2009.
