Facilities

The Gannon Biology department houses a variety of instrumentation that is used for teaching classes, laboratories and research projects.  Students have the opportunity to gain hands on experience using state of the art instrumentation.  In addition to the instrumentation, the biology department utilizes 3 shared research laboratories and 10 classroom laboratories.  In addition the above facilities, we also have a fish room, a cold room, and a vivarium room.

Emax Precision Microplate Reader
Olympus 1X51 Inverted Epifluorsecent Scope
Epifluorescent Microscope
Olympus SZX16 scope w/ Prior Lumen 200
Glomax Multi+ Multimode Microplate Reader
Barnstead E-Pure - Water Purification System
Fisher IsoTemp Ultra-Low Freezer (2)
Refrigerated Table Top Centrifuge
Spectrophotometer
StepOne Real Time PCR system
Illumina Miseq FGx Next Gen Sequencing System
Applied Biosystems 7500 Real Time PCR System
Luminescent Image Analyzer
MaxQ 4450
Autoclaves
AIREGARD Laminis Airflow Work Station
Max Q 4000 Orbital Shaker
Flaked Ice Machine
Dishwasher
Sorvall RC 5B Plus
Laminar Flow Hood - LFI
LICOR Odyssey Gel Documentation System
ECHO Rebel Light Microscope
ECHO Revolve Flourescence Microscope
Perceval Environmental Chambers
Shimadzu UV-1900
Shimadzu RF-6000
Fisher Marathon 3200 and Evoscope
Fisher Accuscan Plate Reader
Shimadzu TOC Analyzer
The Environaut

In addition to the above instrumentation, our department maintains standard equipment for microbiology, genetics, limnology and ecology laboratories.