Chemistry & Cell and Molecular Biology Lab

The Chemistry & Cell and Molecular Biology Lab (molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry) supports the needs of the chemistry science modules.

The lab upgrade was completed in Fall 2020 and included the addition of vacuum and gas installation (to all fume hoods and also in all 6 student working areas).

Additional fume hoods were acquired to accommodate the needs for chemistry courses as well as an HPLC system, analytical balances, a rotary evaporator, melting point apparatus, and other materials like bomb calorimeters, general-purpose glassware.
In matters of Cell Molecular Biology courses a Biosafety cabinet Class II was acquired along with other equipment such as: Thermocycler for PCR, microplate spectrophotometer, refrigerated centrifuge, shaking incubator, tissue homogenizer additional electrophoresis systems (horizontal and vertical), gel imaging system and an autoclave.
Additionally, an individual room was created to accommodate a -80°C freezer, liquid nitrogen tanks, and additional refrigerators.
An office for the lab technician was also created

The Chemistry & Cell and Molecular Biology Lab currently hosts the Office of the Center of Excellence in Sustainability.