Equipment Resources on campus:

  • Stago STA-R Automated Coagulation analyzer for coagulation and immunoturbidmetric assays.
  • Dade Behring BNII Nephelometer for protein assays.
  • BioTek Elx808 Ultra Microplate Reader and a Molecular Devices Spectra Max 250 for fluorescence and absorbance ELISA and Kinetic assays.
  • Bio-Rad BioPlex Protein Array Systems for fluorescent bead-based Luminex technology to simultaneously analyze up to 100 targets in a single microplate well.
  • Perkin Elmer Wizard2 gamma counter for RIA.
  • Roche Elecsys2010 for specialized chemistries using electrochemiluminescence technology.
  • Roche Cobas Integra 400 Plus for general chemistries.
  • Beckman Coulter LH 500 cell counter
  • Tosoh G8 hematology analyzer
  • Beckman Coulter Z series particle counter for cell concentrations.
  • Polarstar Optima filter-based multidetection microplate reader offering 5 detection modes and simultaneous dual emission detection used for quantification of DNA by pico green method.
  • MJ Research Programmable thermocyclers (4) for PCR.
  • ABI Prism 7900 DNA Sequence Detector for TaqMan-based SNP analysis.
  • Thermo Scientific NanoDrop spectrophotometer for quantification of DNA
  • Vevo 770 High-resolution Imaging System (VisualSonics, Toronto, Ontario)
  • Fluoroscopy suite
  • Beckman Counter Epics Elite Flow Cytometer
  • For anesthesia and surgery:
    • Steam and gas sterilization equipment
    • Anesthesia delivery systems
    • Vaporizers - isoflurane, halothane, sevoflurane
    • Ventilators - for all laboratory species
    • Surgical table - radio opaque with power lift
    • Surgical lighting
    • Thermostatic control
    • Fluid management
    • Stereotaxic stabilization
    • Stereoscopic dissecting microscopes
    • Surgical instruments - many specialized
    • Electro-surgical/cautery units
    • Intensive care recovery caging
    • Defibrillators
  • For mouse or rat surgery:
    • Side-by-side mouse surgery set-ups
    • Ziess Surgical Scopes, some with camera mounts
    • Ziess Stemi with camera and monitor (for training)
    • Water bath heating pads
    • Mini-vent, mouse ventilators
    • Topo Ventilator, rat
    • Inspira Ventilator, rat
    • Glass bead sterilizers
    • Intubation stands
    • Rat cardiac probes
    • Mouse cardiac probes
    • Imaging station (integrated rail system for animal and probe)
    • Coda Non-invasive Blood Pressure System (8 channels
  • Monitoring and Measurement
    • ECG and hemodynamic monitoring
    • O2 and CO2 monitoring
    • Blood gas/electrolyte analysis
    • Respiratory function
    • Blood pressure, volume
    • Blood flow - vascular and tissue
    • Dimensions - vascular and tissue
    • Temperature - thermocouple and optical
    • Fluoroscopy - digital image storage C-Arm
    • 3D catheter-based imaging
    • Electrophysiologic monitoring/recording
    • Non-invasive monitoring - CPP, ICP, and ICT
    • Video activity monitoring - web-based, 24/7
  • Specialized Equipment
    • Stimulators
    • Power injector
    • Infusion pumps
    • Ablation delivery device
    • Pacemakers and leads
    • Pacemaker interrogator/programmer
    • Pipette puller
    • Voltage clamp
    • Volume clamp
    • Oscilloscopes
    • CPR programmable "thumper"
    • Fluid percussion delivery device
    • Heart-lung bypass pump
  • Microsurgery teaching laboratory
    • Dual head articulating microscopes (7)
    • Overhead LCD monitors

Equipment

To learn more about collaborative use of equipment on campus, please contact CVRI-VT.