Some of the unique aspects of this facility are the fact that in addition to the conventional microbiology equipment, the facility is well set for large scale production of proteins.

It houses three fermentors (two of 30 liters plus one of 15 liters) for large scale bacterial growth. 

The facility can be used by on and off campus investigators as long as they (and their biological samples) are in compliance with the Safety Department at RPI.

Instrumentation

New Brunswick Scientific Bio-Flow 4500 and 5000 FERMENTORS

New Brunswick Scientific Cepa Z41 continuous-flow centrifuge for cell harvesting

Sakers-Incubators

Centrifuges

Preparative Ultracentrifuges

French Press Cell Disrupter

Microfluidizer Cell Disrupter

Sonicators

Nanodrop UV-vis Spectrophotometer

Klett Meter