Facilities
The Developmental Ecology and Human Biology Lab is a 1000 square foot biosafety level 2 facility located in the Science and Engineering Complex on the University of Alabama campus.
The lab is fully equipped for secure long-term storage of biological samples and for most colorimetric assays. Our -30ºC and -80ºC freezers and 4ºC refrigerators are remote monitored and alarmed to ensure temperature stability for stored samples and reagents. We rely on a BioTek Powerwave HT microplate reader (200-900 nm) for absorbance detection. With seven bench workstations, three computer workstations, a biological safety cabinet, and a fume hood, the lab has adequate work space to efficiently and safely support multiple ongoing projects. The lab also maintains and stores the equipment required to support our broader interests in monitoring daily experience and activity patterns, and identifying their correlations with long-term health risk. This includes MindWare Mobile ambulatory autonomic psychophysiology monitoring equipment.
The lab also maintains expertise in several other assay technologies, including TRF, RIA, and HPLC. We presently work with collaborators for access to relevant equipment in these areas as needed.
The lab is fully equipped for secure long-term storage of biological samples and for most colorimetric assays. Our -30ºC and -80ºC freezers and 4ºC refrigerators are remote monitored and alarmed to ensure temperature stability for stored samples and reagents. We rely on a BioTek Powerwave HT microplate reader (200-900 nm) for absorbance detection. With seven bench workstations, three computer workstations, a biological safety cabinet, and a fume hood, the lab has adequate work space to efficiently and safely support multiple ongoing projects. The lab also maintains and stores the equipment required to support our broader interests in monitoring daily experience and activity patterns, and identifying their correlations with long-term health risk. This includes MindWare Mobile ambulatory autonomic psychophysiology monitoring equipment.
The lab also maintains expertise in several other assay technologies, including TRF, RIA, and HPLC. We presently work with collaborators for access to relevant equipment in these areas as needed.