The Advanced Recombinant DNA Laboratory is equipped with the following instrumentation: Centrifuges (Beckman L8-55M, Sorvall RC-5B and a Beckman Airfuge); Perkin Elmer GeneAmp 9600 PCR system; UV Stratalinker 2400; DNA sequencing system.

The Physics/Chemistry Machine Shop is located on the first floor of Smith Hall, which is adjacent to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Machinist Wade Aldhizer provides cutting, drilling, milling, and lathing services. Hours for consultation are 11:30-12:00 and 1:00-2:00 Monday – Friday.

Mass Spectrometry

Kent State University is a partner in the Ohio Mass Spectrometry Consortium and the Mass Spectrometry Consortium for Materials and Medical Research which are funded by the Ohio Board of Regents Hayes Investment Fund. The following instruments were obtained from this fund:

Located in the basement of Williams Hall, the glassblowing and electronics shop offers many services to the chemistry department.

Taylor Kurrle
Research Engineer II
Williams Hall 023
330-672-2977
tkurrle@kent.edu

The unique capture and enrichment methods of SELDI enable the detection of picograms of protein. The analysis platform allows for the differential comparison of multiple samples from several different populations.

Compared to traditional fractionation techniques, advantages of the PF2D chromatographic approach include:

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