Resources

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Shared equipment

The Shared Equipment Cost Center at HRT/3NJB provides a pool of research tools available to the participant labs. In addition to the items below, the cost center also funds -80 freezer repairs (up to $1000 per incident) and the repair of biosafety cabinets (to meet EH&S compliance standards). For specific equipment info, please contact the caretaker identified with each listing. For program inquiries contact Matthew Curry, Research Operations Manager, mcurry@uw.edu or 206.685.8769.

Automated western blotting

ProteinSimple Jess, a fully-automated, capillary-based, multiplex, western blot system. Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

Centrifuges

Sorvall WX 80 Ultra available in 3NJB COR7. Please contact Olusegun Soge at 206.897.5325 or sogeo@uw.edu.

RC-6+ Single-Phase, High-Speed centrifuge, 3NJB COR7. Please contact Olusegun Soge at 206.897.5325 or sogeo@uw.edu.

Sorvall WX 80 Plus Ultracentrifuge, HRT 510.  Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

Beckman Optima XL Ultracentrifuge, HRT 518.  Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

Digital imaging

Li-Cor Odyssey CLx Imagers (x2) in HRT 510. Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

Li-Cor Odyssey CLx near-infrared imager in 3NJB. Cell-based assays, protein arrays, in-gel imaging (when appropriate detection dye is used), tissue section imaging. The standard wavelengths detected are 680 and 800. Labs are welcome to come and try to see if it will work for their applications, but it’s recommended that a little research be done first. Contact Jessica Wagoner at 206.897.5219 or jw25@uw.edu.

DNA/RNA isolation

King Fisher Duo, in HRT 510. Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

Dry ice

Dry Ice is available to lab investigators, stored in the HRT 208 Freezer Farm. This is a shared resource, please limit use to small amounts.

If you require extra dry ice for a project, or for shipping samples, please order directly from Praxair/Linde.

Electrophoresis

Agilent Bioanalyzer located in HRT 510, Bench 1. Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

Gamma/scintillation counter

Perkin Elmer LS6000, HRT 600. Please contact Lorenzo Giacani for details at giacal@uw.edu.

Glass washers

Located in HRT rooms 028, 320-720, and 3NJB 343, Please contact the Facilities Manager, Mike Cheney, cheneym@uw.edu with questions.

Label maker

Brady Label Maker/Printer located in HRT 510 at the Tech Desk across from the RT-PCR machines.  Users need to provide their own consumables, namely labels and ink.  Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

PCRs

ABI Real-Time PCR ViiA 7, 96-well located in the HRT 510. Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu 

ThermoFisher QuantStudio7 RT-PCR in HRT 510. Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

QuantStudio 7 Flex RT-PCR located in 3NJB 324. Contact Olusegun Soge at 206.897.5325 or sogeo@uw.edu.

Plate reader

Victor Nivo multimode plate reader system located in HRT 510.  Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

Spare freezers

There are two spare -80 freezers and one spare -20 freezer located in the HRT 5th floor East corridor. There is also one spare -80 and one spare -20 in the HRT 208 freezer farm. 

Another spare -80 freezer is in the 3NJB main N-S hallway. 

All spare freezers are for short-term/temporary storage of samples, in case of a planned defrost or unexpected failure. Sign-in sheets on the doors must be filled in with contact info when placing samples, in case we need to contact you. Please contact Matthew Curry at 206.685.8769 or mcurry@uw.edu, with questions.

Spectrophotometer

ThermoFisher NanoDrop located in HRT 510, Bench 1.  Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

Water filtration stations

Barnstead Nanopure Diamond filtration unit located in 3NJB 343, and another in HRT 620. 

Please contact Kristyn Ringgold at 206.897.5034 or kringgo@uw.edu.

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