Laboratories and Instruments

Chromatography allows you to separate and purify protein mixtures using various columns, such as Q sepharose and gel filtration columns. Our students are focusing on a protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, which infects nearly one-third of the world's population and is responsible for the death of almost 2 million people annually.

The potentiostat/galvanostat allows you to conduct electrochemical kinetic measurements. As part of their applied investigations into renewable energy alternatives, our students are experimenting with electrolytes to determine which materials could be used to produce efficient, large-scale batteries.

When you synthesize a new compound, you use the spectrometer to identify and characterize what you've discovered. With the threat of drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, our students are searching for compounds that will provide new leads in the development of anti-infective agents.

GC/MS is the analysis method of choice for smaller and volatile molecules such as benzenes, alcohols and aromatics, and simple molecules such as steroids, fatty acids and hormones. Applications include non-targeted screening of drugs of abuse, pesticides in foods, environmental pollutants and drug metabolites. The headspace accessory allows us to analyze volatile organic compounds in liquids and solid samples.