Shared Instruments

Medford/Somerville Campus

Type of Instruments Purpose Available Instruments
Analytical Ultracentrifuge Determine mass of proteins in solution Beckman XL-I
Array Reader Scans and analyzes genotyping and gene expression microarrays sold by Illumina, Inc. (http://www.illumina.com) Illumina Beadstation
Emboss Server Genetics http://emboss.sourceforge.net/
EPR Determine molecular structure Bruker EMX
Fluorescence Spectroscopy Determine fluorescence emission or exitation spectra Cary Eclipse
FTIR Determine molecular structure Nicolet Magna 760
High-performance Computing Cluster General purpose scientific computing http://go.tufts.edu/cluster
ICP AES Determine trace concentrations of metals in solution Leeman Labs PS-1000
Keck/DURIP Lab Biophysical characterization: X-ray, AFM, thermal, mechanical, etc. TA Instruments ARES Shear Rheometer, TA Instruments RSA III Dynamic Analyzer, Bruker AXS X-ray System with GAADS, Jasco Raman Spectrometer, Jasco FTIR System, Bruker Tensor FTIR for solutions, TA Instruments Q100 Differential Scanning Calorimeter, TA Instruments Q500 Thermogravimetric Analyzer, TA Instruments 2920 Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Hellma QS-666 Circular Dichroism, Brookhaven 200-SM Light Scattering System with a Brookhaven 9010-AT autocorrelator, CalSciences Nano DSC II for solutions, Nanodevices Dimension 3100 Nanoscope IV equipped with RTES probes
Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) Determine molecular mass Shimadzu QP-5050A
Mass Spectrometry (LCMS) Determine molecular mass Thermo LTQ
Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-MS) Determine molecular mass of peptides and proteins Bruker Microflex

Metabolic Engineering Core

Small molecule analysis
  • ABI QTRAP 3200 Hybrid Triple Quadrupole Linear Ion Trap
  • Agilent 1200 Series Binary LC System
  • Waters 2690 HPLC System with UV (2D), refractive index, and fluorescence (scanning) detectors
NMR Determine molecular structure Bruker 300 MHz, Bruker 500 MHz
Research Storage General purpose research storage http://uit.tufts.edu/at/?pid=14
Tissue Engineering Research Center (TERC) - Imaging Facility High resolution imaging of biological samples Confocal/multi-photon microscopy
Visualization Wall Large scale visualization capabilities http://sciviz.tufts.edu

 

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