Research Instrumentation

Microscope Facilities

  • Leica Stellaris 8 White Light Laser Scanning Confocal (w/ FLIM and FCS)
  • DeltaVision with Olympus IX70 base
  • Leica iDM6000 inverted automated microscope
  • Leica DMRB microscope
  • Olympus BX60 upright microscope
  • Imaris Workstations
  • CallAsic Omix Microfluidic Platform
  • BK Plus macrophotography imaging system
  • Nikon Eclipse Ti2 microscope with Photometrics Prime 95b high speed camera
  • Noldus Ethovision - automated behavioral tracking and analysis software with a high resolution camera (STF)

Institutional Resources

 

 

Collections

  • Western Insect Collection
  • Pacific Northwest Herbarium
  • Western Vertebrate Collection
  • Shell Collection

Major Facilities

  • Greenhouse
  • Cell Culture Facility
  • Shannon Point Marine Science Center

Computing and Software Resources

  • Bioinformatics server:
  • CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6130 (64 virtual cores)
  • RAM: 768GB
  • Dish Space: 12Tb RAID6
  • OS: Ubuntu 18.04
  • R (statistical package)
  • ImageJ (image analysis)
  • Imaris (3D rendering)

Model Organisms

  • Plants (Arabidopsis thaliana)
  • Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster)
  • Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
  • Flatworms (Caenorhabditis elegans)
  • Protists (Tetrahymena thermophile)
  • Parasitic wasp (Nasonia)
  • Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa )
  • Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
  • Mouse and human cell culture

Field Equipment

  • GPS tracking devices
  • Echosounders
  • Night vision goggles and binoculars
  • Camping equipment
  • 20 foot boat with 75 HP outboard engine and trailer

Cell and Molecular Equipment

  • ~20 PCR machines
  • Biolistic apparatus for transformation (gene gun)
  • Balances
  • Centrifuges
  • Incubators
  • Needle puller and microinjection setup for cellular injections
  • Tissue grinder
  • Li-cor Odyssey Gel and Blot Imaging Station