COBRE-NPN Core Equipment

Chemistry and Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Core Equipment

  • Isco/Teledyne CombiFlash EZ Prep system w/Mass Detector
  • Biotage SP1 Flash Purification Systems
  • Flash-75 system
  • Sanki LLB-N Centrifugal Partition Chromatography (CPC) system capable of semi-preparative and preparative scale chromatography
  • Supercritical Fluid Technologies Inc. SFT-150 SFC extraction system
  • Perkin Elmer Series II CHN Analyzer 2400 system (It determines weight percent carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen in a variety of sample types.)
  • Perkin Elmer Spectrum 100 FT-IR Spectrometer
  • Rudolph Research Analytical Autopol® IV Automatic Polarimeter
  • SP Scientific Genevac Series II Evaporation system with vapor condenser VC 3000D
  • Waters Micromass Quatro micro ESCi multimode ionisation LC Mass spectrometer
  • Biotage Initiator Microwave reactor (This system can process reaction volumes between 0.5 and 5 mL. The instrument is equipped with a touch screen used for experimental planning, instrument control and reaction monitoring.)
  • Waters Alliance UPLC with Xevo TQD

Neuropharmacology Core Equipment List

In Vitro Core Equipment

  • VWR 1575 environmental shaker
  • New Brunswick Innova-500 gyratory shaker
  • Labline 3529 environmental shaker
  • Fisher Biotech Hybridization incubator
  • 6- CO2 incubator
  • Nikon E600 fluorescence microscope with Kodak MD5290 digital image system
  • Nikon E600POL polarization microscope
  • Nikon Labophot microscope with FX-35 camera system
  • Olympus BH2 microscope
  • Beckman-Coulter Z1 Counter cell counter
  • PerkinElmer/Wallac EnVision 2103 Multilabel Microplate Reader
  • PerkinElmer TriCarb 2900TR scintillation counting analyzer
  • PerkinElmer TopCount NXT HTS Microplate Scintillation and Luminescence Counter
  • Millipore Cytofluor 2350 fluorescene plate reader
  • PerkinElmer FlexDrop Plus Precision Reagent Dispensor
  • Eppendorf epMotion 5075 TMXAutomated pipetting system with Integrated Thermomixer®
  • Biotek 340 microplatebiokinetics reader
  • Biotek 312e microplate reader
  • Biotek ELx50 microplate washer
  • BMG Labtechnologies Polarstar fluorescence polarization microplate reader
  • Eppendorf 5415C centrifuge
  • Bechman-Coulter Allegra 6R refrigerated centrifuge
  • Sorvall RT6000 refrigerated centrifuge
  • Sorvall RC5B ultra-centrifuge
  • Fisher 235 microcentrigue
  • 3 – Spectrafuge micro-centrifuges
  • Becton Dickinson FACS Calibur flow cytometry system
  • Bio-Rad Biologic Duo-Flow protein purification system
  • Perkin-Elmer ScanArray 5000 scanner for imaging DNA microarrays (including ScanArray and QuantArray software)
  • Applied Biosystems GenAmp 5700 sequence detection system
  • Amsco SV-120 Century sterilizers
  • Amsco SV-116 Century sterilizers
  • Hermle Labnet Z323K tabletop centrifuge
  • 1296-004 Delfia Plateshake
  • Fischer Scientific Isotemp 110 waterbath
  • Water Purification
  • Mettler Toledo AL 104 analytical balance 

    In Vivo Core Equipment

    • San Diego Inst. Barnes Maze
    • San Diego Inst. Radial Arm Maze
    • San Diego Inst. Y-maze
    • 2- Novel Object/Relocation Set-ups
    • Kopf stereotactic surgery set-up- with ear bars, guided syringe, and attached drill
    • 6- Automated Condition Place Preference Chambers
    • 16- San Diego Inst. Photobeam Activity System – Open Field
    • IITC Life Science Tail Flick
    • IITC Life Science Hot Plate
    • Grip Strength system DFE-002
    • Elevated Plus Maze
    • NU612 Med Associates Tail Suspension System
    • 2- Forced Swim Chambers
    • 4- San Diego Inst. Rotor-Rod
    • Von Frey Hair Apparatus
    • Core body temperature probe
    • Maximal electroshock apparatus
    • PTSD shock box
    • MouseOx Plus
    • Peristaltic pumps
    • Zebrabox
    • AnyMaze Software
    • Ethovision software
    • DFE-010 San Diego Inst. SmartSystem
    • Multiple video cameras
    • OptiMice racks Nuaire cage change hood