The Frick Lab houses some of the department’s most state-of-the-art instruments for high throughput screening and analytical chemistry and molecular cell biology.
Please contact me anytime if you need access to any of the following instruments:
Eppendorf epMotion Automated Liquid Handling System
- Self checking robotic system
- High precision dispensing tools for 1 to 1000 μL in 1 or 8 channels
- Intuitive Software
- Hardware Manual, Software Manual, Operating Manual
Mastercycler ep Realplex Quantitative Realtime PCR System
- 96-well capacity
- 4 color LEDs- monitor 4 wavelengths at once
- Mease melting temperatures for proteins and DNA
- Differential scanning fluorimetry (the thermofluor assay)
- Manual
BMG FLUOstar Omega multimode reader
- Filter-based (high sensitivity)
- 96 Well or 384-well plates
- Temperature control
- Fluorescence intensity
- Fluorescence polarization
- Time-resolved fluorescence (TRF)
- FRET & TR-FRET
- AlphaSreeen
- Dual on-board dispensers for exact follow-up of kinetic reactions
Cary50 UV/VIS Spectrophotometer
- Dual-beam monochromator
- Scanning
- Kinetics
- UV_VIS Manual
Cary Eclipse Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
- Monochromator-based (any wavelength)
- 96 Well or 384-well plates
- Temperature control
- fluorescence intensity
- time-resolved fluorescence (TRF)
- FRET & TR-FRET
- Software Manual, Polarization, User’s Guide, Plate reader
TA Instruments NanoITC
- Isothermal titration calorimeter
- Low-volume 190 µl cell
- Analyze protein-ligand interactions
- Getting Started Guide, ITCRun Software
TA Instruments NanoDSC
- Differential scanning calorimeter
- Measures stability of biomolecules and protein-ligand complexes
- Getting Started Guide, DSCrun software
Bio Rad BioLogic LP System
- Low Pressure Chromatography System
- Simple to use
- Gradient Mixer
- 5-Buffer selection
- UV and conductivity detectors
GE AKTApurifier UPC 10
- Model P-903 system pump with four pump heads in two pump modules.
• Model M-925 mixer with 0.6 ml chamber for precision gradient formation.
• Model UPC-900 UV/pH/conductivity monitor with fixed wavelength detection
• and conductivity flow cell
FluorChem FC2 imaging system
- Protein Gels
- DNA Gels
- Western Blots (Chemiluminescence)
- User Guide
Invertoskop (Axiovert) 40C Zeiss Microscope
EVOS® FL Cell Imaging System
- 4X, 10X, and 40X objectives
- DAPI fluorescence light cube
- GFP fluorescence light cube
- RFP fluorescence light cube
- Quick Start Guide, User Guide