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Graduate Programs - Research Facilities
General description:
The Department of Biology at The Catholic University of America specializes
in biological research at the cellular, subcellular, and molecular levels. Each
member of the faculty has sufficient laboratory space to support at least four
scientists.
Aside from routine microcentrifuges, microscopes, balances, and
refrigerator-freezers, all labs have additional specialized equipment for
research in cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, such as:
| phase contrast and fluorescence
microscopes, |
| laminar flow hoods, |
| liquid nitrogen storage systems, |
| electrophoresis units (including several
DNA sequencing systems and systems for 2-D protein electrophoresis), and |
| constant temperature incubators. |
All faculty offices and labs have current microcomputers and appropriate
research software.
Shared research facilities:
The department has two, full-sized autoclaves, a Milli-Q water purification
system, two cold rooms, two large darkrooms, a three-room animal facility, and a
green-house.
Shared equipment:
The small and congenial atmosphere in the department leads to responsible
sharing and common use of several types of equipment. They include:
| several PCR thermal cyclers,
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| several electroporators,
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| two liquid scintillation counters, |
| Sorvall high-speed, refrigerated
centrifuges, |
| two ultracentrifuges, |
| three scanning UV spectrophotometers, |
| a Molecular Dynamics Phosphoimager,
BioImage Visage 60 system for computerized one and two dimensional gel
analysis, |
| an Hitachi transmission electron
microscope, |
| a Hewlett-Packard HP1090 HPLC system, |
| a Pharmacia FPLC and several BioRad protein
purification systems, |
| several Bellco cell-harvester for 96-well
plates, -70_ C freezers, and four ELIZA plate readers.
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We also have a Coulter ZM cell counter and a Beckman model 5500 gamma
counter.
Computer facilities:
Through the Center for Planning and Information Technology, students, faculty
and staff have access to a Digital Equipment Corporation VMScluster computer
system consisting of two DEC Alpha systems and two VAX 4000 systems. CUA is
connected to the Internet via two T-1 (1.5MBps) data lines from BBN
Planet, SER, an Internet provider for research institutions in the
mid-atlantic region.
The Chemistry Department, located next door in an adjacent building, has a
JEOL FX90Q Fourier Transform multinuclear NMR, a Varian MAT CH-5 double
focusing mass spectrometer, and a Perkin-Elmer 1750 Fourier transform IR
spectrometer.
Libraries:
The Nursing Biology library is located within 100 ft of the Biology labs and
subscribes to all the major biomedical periodicals. In addition, we have access
to library facilities at neighboring institutions.
The Brookland Metro station (on the red line) is located across the street
from Campus and the University is located within 5 miles of:
Neighboring Universities include:
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