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.
