Facilities

Neuroscience research takes place in laboratories in Pearson Hall and Benton Hall. Both have numerous walk-in cold rooms, electrophoretic devices, fraction collectors, chromatatographic equipment, ultraviolet visible spectrophotometers, and homogenizers. Centrifugation equipment includes microcentrifuges, refrigerated low-speed and high-speed centrifuges, and ultracentrifuges containing a variety of rotors accompanied by automatic density gradient fractionation equipment. Transmission and scanning electron microscopes, ultramicrotomes, cryomicrotomes, microspectrophotometers, fluorescence microscopes, and phase contrast microscopes also are available in Pearson Hall. Scintillation and gamma counters are available for research involving radioisotopes in a specially designed and equipped radioisotope laboratory.

In addition to general laboratory facilities, Pearson Hall also is home to two state-of-the-art core facilites:

The Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
The NSF supported Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics maintains state of the art pieces of equipment to assist bioinformatic and functional genomic research at Miami University . These include multi- and single-capillary automated DNA analyzers, thermocyclers, digital imagers, M-D Storm 860 Phosphorimager, DNA microarray analyzers, and workstations for bioinformatics research. Please refer to the CBFG website for a complete listing of resources.

Electron and Confocal Microscopy
Olympus FV500 laser scanning confocal microscope is equipped with 6 excitation lines (405, 457, 488, 517, 543, and 633nm) allowing for simultaneous four channel fluorescence plus transmitted light imaging is housed within the central EM Facility (267 Pearson Hall). Training and support is provided by EM Facility staff. Software for 3-D reconstruction and analysis is available with 24 hr availability, on-site staff training and consultation, and no user charges.