Research Instrumentation
Microscope Facilities
- Leica Stellaris 8 White Light Laser Scanning Confocal (w/ FLIM and FCS)
- DeltaVision with Olympus IX70 base
- Leica iDM6000 inverted automated microscope
- Leica DMRB microscope
- Olympus BX60 upright microscope
- Imaris Workstations
- CallAsic Omix Microfluidic Platform
- BK Plus macrophotography imaging system
- Nikon Eclipse Ti2 microscope with Photometrics Prime 95b high speed camera
- Noldus Ethovision - automated behavioral tracking and analysis software with a high resolution camera (STF)
Institutional Resources
Collections
- Western Insect Collection
- Pacific Northwest Herbarium
- Western Vertebrate Collection
- Shell Collection
Major Facilities
- Greenhouse
- Cell Culture Facility
- Shannon Point Marine Science Center
Computing and Software Resources
- Bioinformatics server:
- CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6130 (64 virtual cores)
- RAM: 768GB
- Dish Space: 12Tb RAID6
- OS: Ubuntu 18.04
- R (statistical package)
- ImageJ (image analysis)
- Imaris (3D rendering)
Model Organisms
- Plants (Arabidopsis thaliana)
- Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster)
- Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
- Flatworms (Caenorhabditis elegans)
- Protists (Tetrahymena thermophile)
- Parasitic wasp (Nasonia)
- Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa )
- Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
- Mouse and human cell culture
Field Equipment
- GPS tracking devices
- Echosounders
- Night vision goggles and binoculars
- Camping equipment
- 20 foot boat with 75 HP outboard engine and trailer
Cell and Molecular Equipment
- ~20 PCR machines
- Biolistic apparatus for transformation (gene gun)
- Balances
- Centrifuges
- Incubators
- Needle puller and microinjection setup for cellular injections
- Tissue grinder
- Li-cor Odyssey Gel and Blot Imaging Station