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The LMB was designed so that research with highly infectious agents could be safely conducted. It is a free-standing, high containment laboratory, built according to NIH standards for a Biosafety Level-3 research unit. The Medical Science Building has laboratories and classrooms to accommodate both medical and graduate students.
All laboratories in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology are equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation needed to carry out competitive research programs. Some of the equipment includes ultracentrifuges, thermal cyclers, an ELISA plate reader, electroporators, an inverted phase contrast microscope, a real-time PCR instrument and a mass spectrometer.
The departmental resources are complemented by the Department of Biotechnical Services Core Facilities provided by the College of Medicine.
These include the:
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