Biological Sciences Research Facilities
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Faculty Research Laboratories
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Cold Rooms
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Computing
All faculty members and staff are provided baseline computers or baseline notebooks for their office. Many faculty members also have computers in their laboratories for student use and/or specialized research applications. Internet access is provided by the University. There are also two computer classrooms (BS 236 and BS 241), each with 24 networked student workstations, with priority availability for courses in the Biological Sciences. The popular Virtual Courseware Project web site was also developed and is maintained by faculty and staff in the Department. This web site hosts several interactive simulation activities for K-12 and college science education.
DNA Sequencing
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Electron and Fluorescent Microscopy
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Freezers
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Greenhouse
The Department of Biological Sciences maintains a aluminum-glass greenhouse facility adjacent to the Biological Sciences building. There are two connected rooms with 2,135 sq ft of floor space. The facility includes heating, cooling, plumbing, and fluorescent lighting. There are fixed and movable plant benches. The greenhouses are currently used for instruction and plant collections and are available for research use.
Museum and Herbarium
The Department of Biological Sciences maintains natural history collections that includes an herbarium and museum. These are housed in three rooms on the second floor of the Biological Sciences building. The museum collection includes fossils, birds, mammals, fish and marine invertebrates, as well as eggs and nests. The entomological holdings comprise seven orders of Insecta and three orders of Arachnids. The botanical collections comprise approximately 37,000 vascular plant specimens representing 21 fern and lycophyte families, 8 gymnosperm families and 216 angiosperm families.
Photography
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Plant Growth Chambers
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