Lab Equipment Manuals & Guides
This section includes manufacturer user manuals, quick-start guides, and “tips and tricks” for some of the most commonly used gear in the CCG.
Your samples are precious, and laboratory equipment is delicate and expensive. Consult with CCG staff (and review the manufacturer’s instructions) before using any device with which you are unfamiliar.
The CCG has a variety of equipment available to research staff and their students, including (but not limited to)…
- Nine thermal cyclers (Bio-Rad and Thermo Fisher)
- Thermo Fisher QuantStudio 5 Real-time qPCR system
- Qubit 4.0 and 2.0 fluorometers
- NanoDrop Ultra spectrophotometer
- SpectraMax Gemini EM microplate reader
- Rainin BenchSmart96
- Agilent TapeStation 4150
- Qsonica and Covaris Sonicators
- Qiagen TissueLyser II
- Gel electrophoresis rigs (and Analytik Jena GelStudio Plus system)
- Savant ISS110 SpeedVac Concentrator (with 1.5mL and 0.2mL plate rotors)
- Two Eppendorf 5810R centrifuges (and deep-well plate rotor)
- Oxford Nanopore PromethION 2 Solo and MinION (and Razer Blade 16 Gaming Laptop for field sequencing)
- BentoLab all-in-one PCR system
- Two -80 degree freezers outfitted with emergency back-up power