Agriculture and Biology

Chemistry

Environmental Health Sciences

Health and Human Sciences

Oceanic and Environmental

Veterinary Medicine

Other Facilities

Agriculture & Biology Facilities

Facility

CGRB Core Laboratories

• DNA sequencing
• Genotyping and Fragment Analysis
• Custom Spotted Micorarray
• Affymetrix GeneChip® Microarray
• Confocal Light Microscopy
• RNA Quality Control on Bioanalyzer
  

• Quantitative Real-Time PCR, ABI 7500
• BioRobotics MicroGrid II TAS
• Packard Scan Array 4000 Scanner
• Axon GenePix Professional 4200A Scanner
• Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100
• Colony Picker Genetix QPix2
• NanoDrop ND-1000 Spectrophotometer
• Qiagen BioRobot 3000 Liquid Handler
• Qiagen RapidPlate 384 Liquid Handler
• Genetix QFill2
• Fx ProPlus Fluorescent Scanner
• Eppendorf Centrifuge S804
• X-OMAT
• Molecular Dynamics Phosphor Imager, Densitometer
• Confocal Light Microscopes, Zeiss LSM 510 Meta

Facility

Electron Microscope Facility

Location

Department of Botany & Plant Pathology

1073-1078 Cordley Hall

Services

• Transmission/scanning transmission electron microscopy
• Electron diffraction by TEM
• Scanning electron microscopy
• X-ray energy spectrometry
• Image metrology
• Specimen preparation for TEM, SEM, XES
• Educational services

Provides instrumentation, skills, and specialized training to analyze the structure and elemental chemistry in bulk, particulate, and macromolecular biological and materials specimens from 10 cubic centimeter to 1.0 Angstrom.

Transmission/scanning transmission electron microscopy (TEM/STEM) offers image magnifications between 30x and 750,000x, spatial resolution to one Angstrom, and electron diffraction information from minute particles or bulk specimens thinned to films under 100 nanometers in thickness by 2 millimeters in diameter.

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images surfaces of objects up to several centimeters in volume. Magnifications from 10x to 500,000x and resolution to 15 Angstroms are possible.

X-ray energy spectrometry determines qualitative and quantitative element chemistry of specimens examined by TEM/STEM or SEM. This information can be mapped relative to imaged structures. Elements atomic number 5 (boron) and heavier, if present in concentrations above 1000 parts per million, can be measured in 2-5 nanometer volumes in appropriate TEM/STEM samples and in volumes as small as about 1 micrometer in SEM specimens.

Metrological evaluations provide quantitative descriptions and statistical summaries of structural and chemical image information.

Instruments

• PHILIPS CM12 TEM/STEM Transmission Electron Microscope
• AmRay 3300 FE Scanning Electron Microscope
• DCRF X-ray Energy Spectrometer
  

Facility

Stable Isotope Research Unit

• Automated analysis of sample for 15Nitrogen (15N) and 13 Carbon (13C) abundance and total nitrogen and carbon content
• Sample preparation of 15N and 13C analysis

Facility

The OSU Central Analytical Lab

• Perkin Elmer Optima 3000DV
• Leco CNS-2000 Macro Analyzer
• Alpkem Flow Solution
• Alpkem RFA 300
• Waters Capillary Ion Analysis System
• Perkin Elmer 4000
• Perkin Elmer 372

Facility

The OSU Plant Clinic

Services

Facility

The OSU Seed Laboratory

Services

The laboratory also provides research and educational services, including:

• Purity and Noxious weed exams
• Crop and weed, UGS, Sod quality, Canada, Australia exams
• Standard germination tests
• Viability by TZ (Tetrazolium)
• Fluorescence and grow-out test for ryegrass
• Vigor tests (e.g., Cold, AA, Conductivity, etc.)
• Ploidy by Flow cytometer
• Endophyte test by Immunoblot assay and chemical method
• X-ray test to detect insects, cracks, unfilled seeds, etc.
• Clearfield wheat bioassay test (tolerance to imazamox “BeyondTM” herbicide)
• Orobanche test
• Soil exam (detects soil in seed samples)
• Seed-soil test (finds and identifies seed in soil samples)
• Pest and disease exam
• Varietal identification tests (e.g., phenol test, Sodium hydroxide test)
• Seed moisture content
• Seed weight (Number of seeds/pound)
• Research on purity, viability, other quality traits
• Workshops, seed schools, and consulting.

Facility

Crystallographic Laboratories

• Single crystal and powder X-ray Diffraction
• Phase identification
• Structure determination

• Siemens (Bruker) D5000 powder X-ray diffractometer (Cu radiation)
• Siemens (Bruker) P4 single crystal X-ray diffractometer with low temperature attachment (Cu radiation)
• Rigaku/MSC AFC6R single crystal X-ray diffractometer (Mo radiation, rotating anode)
• INEL high/low temperature X-ray diffractometer (Cu radiation)
• INEL thin films diffractometer (Cu radiation, rotating anode)
• Rigaku/MSC Rapid multipurpose diffractometer with low temperature attachment (Cu and Ag radiation, rotating anode)

Facility

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry Laboratory

• Bruker ac300 MHz FT Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer
• Bruker am400 MHz FT Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer
• Silicon Graphics NMR Work Station

Facility

Cell Imaging and Analysis Facilities and Services

There  are 3 cores within it: Cell Imaging and Culture, Flow Cytometry and Cell  Sorting, and Tissue Analysis and Pathology. The web site provides information for each.

See http://ehsc.science.oregonstate.edu/cellimagingcore

Equipment changes over time. To verify current equipment, contact the facility.

Facility

Mass Spectrometry

• KRATOS MS50TC
• Sciex API-III Ionspray MS
• Q-Tof Ultima GLOBAL
• Finnigan LC-Q Instrument
• MALDI TOF MS
• ABI MALDI TOF-TOF MS
• GC-Electron Monochromator Quadrupole-MS
• GC-Electron Monochromator TOF-MS
• HPAEC Dionex BioLC System

Equipment changes over time. To verify current equipment, contact the facility.

Facility

Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Laboratory

Location

28645 E. Hwy 34, Corvallis

Consultant

Email

Phone

541-737-6514

Fax

Website

Services

The SARL supports two animal models for researchers. There is a large self-contained rainbow trout hatchery that is equipped to maintain and propagate Shasta strain rainbow trout, incubate and hatch artificially spawned eggs, and rear fry to varying experimental endpoints.

The zebrafish area is equipped to rear up to 10,000 experimental zebrafish in addition to brood stock.

The core facility serves a number of Center investigators by providing essential services. For example, investigators are provided study design assistance, research animals, tank space, complete fish husbandry services, standard and custom diets, and experimental data collection assistance.

Instruments

Facility

Bone Research Laboratory

• Hologic QDR 4500A
• Nottingham Power Rig
• Accusway
• GaitRite Walkway
• UCT
• Microscope imaging

Facility

Textile and Apparel Testing Lab

Basic chemical laboratory with equipment for fiber identification tests, and all types of instruments for fiber, yarn, and fabric's physical and mechanical testing which are housed in a temperature and humidity controlled room.
· AATCC Wrinkle Tester
. Accelerator
· Analytical Balance
· Atlas Laboratory Wringer
· Crockmeter
· Drape Tester
· Elemendorf Tearing Tester
· Fabric Stiffness Tester
· Fade-O-Meter
· HunterLab MiniScan Colorimeter
· Instron (CRE 4411)
· Launder-O-Meter
· Microscope (Leica Polarized Light)
· Mullen Bursting Tester
· Perspiration Tester
· Random Tumble Pilling Tester
· Stroll Universal Abrasion Tester
· Taber Abrasion Tester
· Thermal Manikin
· Thermolyne Furnace
· Wrinkle Recovery Tester
· Vertical Flammability Tester
· Washer and Dryer

Facility

Human Performance Testing Lab

• Maximal Oxygen Consumption (VO2max)
• VO2max and Lactate Threshold determination
• Body Composition
• Bod Pod
• Skinfolds
• Bioelectrical Impedance (BIA)
• General Fitness Assessment Package (Includes aerobic fitness, flexibility, strength and body compositions tests.)

• Sensormedics Max-1 Electrocardiograph and Treadmill System
• BOD POD Body Composition System
• PFT 3000 Pulmonary Function
• Yellow Springs 1500 Lactate Analyzer
• Lifepak 9P Defibrillator
• Sensormedics 2000 Metabolic Cart
• Monarch 824E Wingate Ergometer

The Cooperative Chemical Analytical Laboratory (CCAL Water Analysis)

Facility

Electron Microprobe Facility

Location

• X-ray wavelength spectrometry
• X-ray energy spectrometry
• Backscatter electron microscopy
• Secondary electron microscopy
• Cathodoluminescence
• Microprobe specimen preparation

• CAMECA SX-100 Electron Microprobe with 5 X-ray Wavelength
  Spectrometers
• X-ray Energy Spectrometer
• Cressington 208 Carbon coater with thickness monitor
  

Facility

Hatfield Marine Science Center

Wet labs with running fresh and sea water (see http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/seawater.html); Constant temperature rooms; Media preparation room with dishwasher and autoclave; Laminar flow cell culture hoods; Conference and class rooms; Polycom videoconferencing; Access to estuarine and mud flat reserve; Computer lab; Specialized 30,000 volume marine science collection at on-site Guin Library - some locking carrels available; student and visiting scientist housing; R/V Elahka and R/V Wecoma research vessels operated by COAS; Cooperative relationships with on-site state and federal agencies, many with specialized facilities.

Facility

Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Facility

Mass Spectrometers:

• Finnigan/MAT 251 (dual inlet)
• Finnigan/MAT 252 (dual inlet)
• Finnigan/MAT DeltaPlusXL (Conflo-III inlet)

Online Sample Preparation facilities:

• Multiport/tube cracker (samples in sealed glass tubes)
• Gas equilibration (O isotopes in water)
• Kiel-III carbonate digestion system (C,O isotopes in calcite)
• Carlo-Erba NA1500 Elemental Analyzer (C, N, isotopes in bulk organics)
• Hewlett Packard 6890 Gas Chromatograph with a Finnigan/MAT GC/C-III and GC/TC interfaces (C, N, H isotopes in volatile biomolecules)
• Finnigan/MAT GasBench-II headspace sampler with acid doser (C, N, O isotopes in air, water, soil gases and other materials)

Facility

The Oregon Well Water Program

Facility

The Salmon Disease Laboratory

Facility

Wave Research Laboratory (O. H. Hinsdale)

• Wave mechanics research
• Analysis and design of ocean and coastal structures

• Large Wave Channel
• Rectangular Wave Basin
• Circular Wave Basin
• Computer Controlled Digital Wave Generators

Facility

W.M. Keck Collaboratory for Plasma Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

• Training and consultation for trace element measurements
• Inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry
• Inductively-coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy
• Class 100 clean areas for ICP-MS and ICP-OES sample preparation

• Thermo Elemental Axiom SC HR-ICPMS
• Thermo Elemental ExCell Quadrupole ICP-MS
• NuPlasma Multi-Collector ICP-MS
• Teledyne Leeman Prodigy Optical Emission Spectrometer

Facility

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Facility

Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Facility

Atomic Force Microscope, Wood Science and Engineering

Facility

Cancer Chemoprotection Program (CCP) Core Laboratory

• Salmonella Mutagenicity Assay (Ames Test)
• In Vitro Micronucleus Assay
• Single Cell Microgel Electrophoresis Assay for DNA Damage
• Cytochrome P450 Enzyme Assays
• HDAC Inhibition Assays

• Computerized imaging system (Comet III from Perceptive Instruments, UK)
• Flourescent microscope (Nikon E400)
• Automatic plate reader (Petri-Viewer Mk2 from Perceptive Instruments, UK)
• Guava Personal Cell Analyzer (PCA™)

Facility

Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering (MIME) Machine Shop

Facility

Radiation Facilities

• Neutron activation analysis
• Geological age dating
• 60Co irradiations
• Radiological instrument evaluation, repair and calibration
• Radiotracer techniques
• Medical isotope development and production
• Radiation sterilization
• Radiation dosimeter testing
• Boron neutron capture therapy studies
• Radiochemical methodologies
• Radioisotope production
• Radiometric analysis
• Radon surveys

• 1.1 MW TRIGA Nuclear Research Reactor
• Cobalt-60 Gamma Irradiator
• 12 Ge-based Gamma Spectrometry Systems
• Radiological Instrument Calibration Facilities
• Liquid Scintillation Counting Systems
• Thermoluminescent Dosimetry Systems

Facility

The Sensory Science Laboratory

Facility

The Survey Research Center

Facility

X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory

• X-ray Diffraction
• Clay mineral identification
• Bulk rock mineralogy
• Laboratory facilities for particle size separation and clay mineral characterization

• PHILIPS XRG 3100 Automated X-ray Diffractiometer
• JADE Search/match software for computer facilitated mineralogy interpretations