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You’ll have plenty of opportunities to work in our recently renovated facilities, including a modern biochemistry research-teaching lab, three research labs, fully equipped organic and freshman labs, and an instrument facility.

The laboratory facilities at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ are world class. Our seven, recently renovated spaces include a modern biochemistry research-teaching laboratory, three research laboratories, fully equipped organic and freshman laboratories, and an instrument facility.

Additional support is available from the Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) Center and the Logan Library on campus. Computing facilities from mainframe to microcomputers are available to all ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ students for writing reports, analyzing data, and developing useful programs. The library provides an excellent technical collection, including many important chemical references and journals, in addition to interlibrary loan and database search services.

As early your freshman year, you’llbe using instruments and equipment that are mainstays of industry and chemical research, including equipment such as:

300 MHz NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance):
Much like the MRI device, it can identify the component based upon the unique magnetic properties of the nuclei from the atoms that make up the molecule.

MALDI Mass Spectrometer:
This instrument uses matrix-assisted laser desorption to ionize molecules for the purpose of determining the mass of molecules and is a state-of-the-art technique for detecting and identifying biomolecules.

Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometers:
These instruments separate and determine the molecular mass of molecules in a mixture of components.

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC):
An invaluable tool in separating and identifying solutions with multiple components. One instrument is coupled to a mass spectrometer to allow for identification of molecules in a mixture by mass.

UV-visible and Fluorescent Spectrometers:
These instruments measure the absorbance of ultraviolet and visible light or the emission of fluorescent light by molecules. These instruments are widely used in chemistry and biochemistry to measure compounds in solution.

View our laboratories and equipment below.