Proteins Lab - Available Equipment

Also checkout available devices in the Biophysics Lab and Carbohydrates Lab

 


Stansted Ultrahigh Pressure Homogenizer Model nG12500.

Two stage valve homogenizer able to reach 400 MPa. Data on Pressure and temperature (inlet and outlet) are stored in a PC using LabView and LookOut SCADA. Available in Lab 209

APV-2000 Homogenizer

Two stage valve homogenizer able to reach 200 MPa. Available in Lab 207

Shimadzu RF-1501 Spectrophotofluorometer

Measuring wavelength range 220 ~ 750nm and 0 order as standard. Spectral bandwidth 10nm in both excitation and emission sides. Wavelength accuracy: ±5 nm. equiped with sensitivity enhancing cell. Available in Lab 209

TA instruments AR-2000 rheometer

Air bearing wide torque rheometer (0.03 uNm to 200 mNm), 1 nNm torque resolution, 40 nrad displacement resolution. Equipped with peltier plate, concentric cylinders, cone-plate, plate-plate, vane, texturized geometries. Available in Lab 208

Horiba LA-910

Mie scattering particle size analyzer, Range of particle size measurement 0.02 to 1000 µm. 215 to 315 ml of dispersant fluid when using the flow cell. Optical system light source: 632.8 nm He-Ne laser 1mW, Tungsten lamp 50W. Sample recirculation system, mechanical stirrer, ultrasonic chamber (40 W, 39 kHz). Circulation pump. Available in Lab 208

Misonix 3000 Sonicator

Maximum power output 600 Watt, frequency 20 KHz, Temperature Control, Auto Tuning, Microprocessor Controlled, and RS-232 capability. Available in Lab 208

Model 3D3 Advanced Instruments Osmometer

Freezing point osmometerutilize. Equiped iwht high-precision thermocouples to control the degree of supercooling and freeze induction, and to measure the freezing point of the sample. It can routinely determine differences of ±1 mOsm/kg H2O. Available in Lab 209

Electrophoresis set

Mini-Protean 3 and Protean II xi Electrophoresis cells + casting set and power supply units. Available in Lab 209

Ultra / microfiltration

Millipore Prep/Scale Spiral Wound Ultrafiltration System. Modules for 3, 5, 10, 30, 100, 300 KDa MWCO. Spectrapor microfiltration modules for 0.1, 0.2 and 0.5 µm pore size. Available in Lab 209

NI CompactDAQ Data Acquisition System

Plug-and-play multi-channel analog / digital DAQ controlled by LabView through USB. Available in Lab 209

 

TA Instruments 2050 TGA

Thermogravimetric Analyzer. Max temperature 1000°C; variable atmospheres. Typical heating rate is 10° per minute. Sample size is 50­100mg, resolution 0.025 mg. Available in Lab 208

TA Instruments 2920 DSC

Differential scanning calorimeter. Temperature range -180° C to 735° C, Calorimetric Sensitivity: ± 0.2 mW, Baseline noise: ± 0.1 mW, Temperature accuracy: ± 0.1°C, Temperature precision: ± 1% Available in Lab 208

Beckman-Coulter LS-230

Fraunhofer laser diffraction, Mie scattering PIDS. Particle size range 0.04 µm-2000 µm. Equiped with a variable speed fluid module. Available in Lab 208

Model FLM 200 Fluorophos - Advanced Instruments

For measuring alkaline phosphatase acrtivity by fluorometry

 

Büchi Spray Dryer B-290

This instrument produces uniform powders from 50 ml or less of organic or aqueous solutions. It is equipped with an Inert loop expands allowing the spray drying of organic solvents through the circulation of an inert gas.

CEM MDS-2000 Microwave digestion unit

Perkin Elmer Series II Model 2410 N Analyzer

Measures the nitrogen and/or protein content by combustion based on the Dumas method. Sample sizes up to 500mgs. Analysis time <5 minutes. Available in Lab 207