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Biointerfaces Institute

Our Equipment & Capabilities

Discover BI equipment and capabilities from the list below. Filter by resource (i.e. workflow and suite), or search by keywords.

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AKTA Avant 150

GE Healthcare Life Sciences Akta Avant 150 liquid chromatography system

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Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

Bruker AFM BioScope Catalyst for mapping of a surface

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Autoclave

Tuttnauer benchtop autoclaves for sterilization

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Balances

Mettler Toledo Precision and analytical balances

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Biodot Nanoliter Non-Contact Microarray Printer

Biodot AD1510 Nanolilter Non-Contact Microarray Printer

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Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC)

Baker SterilGard, Class II, Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinets (BSC)

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Bright Field & Fluorescence Microscopes

Olympus inverted and upright bright field and fluorescence microscopes

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Chemidoc MP Imager

Biorad Chemidoc MP Gel Electrophoresis Imager

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Contact Angle (CA)

DataPhysics Optical Contact Angle (OCA) 35 for surface hydrophobicity

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Countess Cell Counter

Invitrogen Automated Countess Cell Counter I for mammalian cell or particle counting

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CryoPlus1

Thermo Scientific CryoPlus1 Model 7400 for liquid nitrogen storage

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Culture Lab – Bacterial

Bacterial culture (CL-2) lab and supporting instrumentation

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Culture Lab – Mammalian

Mammalian culture lab (CL-2) with supporting equipment

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Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) with Zeta Potential

Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZS for particle size and charge measurements

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Ellipsometer

Accurion Nanofilm EP4 Ellipsometer with imaging for thickness and refractive index measurements

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Flash Chromatography

Teledyne Automated Flash Chromatography Systems

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Focused Beam Reflectance Measurement (FBRM)

Mettler Toledo FBRM

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Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR)

Bruker Vertex 70 and Hyperion 3000 Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer & Microscope

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Freeze Dryer

Labconco FreeZone® 6L Freeze Dryer System

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Gel Electrophoresis – Various

Various options available. Please view article for more details.

High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

Waters HPLC

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Incubators

Various incubators available. Please view article for more details.

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Lateral Flow Dispenser

BioDot Lateral Flow Dispenser

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MALDI Bruker Ultraflextreme Spectrometer

Bruker Ultraflextreme MALDI TOF-TOF Spectrometer

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MaXis Mass Spectrometer

Bruker maXis 4G LC-MS/MS Mass Spectrometer

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Microwave Synthesizer

CEM Microwave Synthesizer

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MiniBlock XT

SiliCycle MiniBlock XT for Parallel Synthesis

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Particle Visualization Microscope (PVM)

Mettler Toledo PVM

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pH and Conductivity Meters

Various options available. Please view article for more details.

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Plate Reader M1000

Tecan Infinite M1000 Plate Reader

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Plate Reader M200

Tecan Infinite M200 Pro Plate Reader

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Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation (QCM-D)

Biolin Scientific QSense Analyzer

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SciFlexArrayer Non-Contact Microarray Printer

SciFlexArrayer S5 Non-Contact Microarray Printer

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Spotbot3 Contact Printer

For more information on the Spotbot3 Contact Printer:

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Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging (SPRi)

Horiba SPRi-Lab+

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Tecan Evo 200 Materials Screen System for Assays

Tecan Evo 200 Automated Materials Screen System for High Throughput Assays

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Tecan Evo 200 Materials Screen System for Liquid Handling

Tecan Evo 200 Automated Materials Screen System for Liquid Handling

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Tensile Tester

Instron 5943 with 500N load

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Thermal Cycler & Quantitative Cycler

Biorad C1000 bases with either Dual 48 thermal cycler or CFX96 quantitative cyclers for polymerase chain reactions

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Ultracentrifuge

Thermo Scientific Sorvall WX90 Ultracentrifuge with various rotors

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X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS)

Quantum II from PHI Electronics