Research Facilities
The primary聽聽research facilities on Main Campus are housed in聽
- 迟丑别听聽for the Biology Department;
- Beury Hall for the Chemistry and Earth and Environmental Science departments;聽and
- 迟丑别听, the College of Science and Technology's聽most advanced facility completed in 2014, for portions of the Biology and聽Chemistry departments, as well as the Computer and聽Information Sciences聽and Physics departments.聽
The instrumentation housed in 迟丑别听Biology-Life Sciences Building,聽Beury Hall and SERC is聽available for use by undergraduate research students subject to proper training and supervision by faculty, graduate students聽or postdoctoral researchers.聽
Undergraduate students of 51吃瓜网鈥檚 College of Science and Technology also have the opportunity to perform research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine under the direction of medical school faculty and thus have access to additional facilities and instrumentation.
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Biology Department Facilities
Biology student and faculty research is supported by several dedicated facilities.
- 罢丑别听聽has a lab and instrumentation offering brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast, fluorescence and differential interference microscopy, as well as microscopes offering unique spectral detection and resolution of up to 10 nm.
- Low-vibration scanning tunneling microscope that uses an ultrafine tip able to reveal atomic and molecular details of surfaces.
- 罢丑别听聽includes three X-ray diffractometers, a transmission electron microscope and an accurate-mass quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer.
- 聽include three Bruker instruments housed in Beury Hall鈥攖wo 500 MHz with more advanced, multinuclear capabilities聽and a 400 MHz for automated, routine proton and carbon NMR measurements. A 60 MHz instrument as well as new benchtop NMR spectrometers in the organic chemistry teaching laboratories provide hands-on exposure to this key analytical technique for all organic chemistry lab students.
- 罢丑别听聽is a newly renovated space of 1,200 square feet containing eight zebrafish housing units.
Research Centers & Institutes
The College of Science and Technology is not only committed to pursuing advanced research, but also to ensuring that scientific discoveries and new technology enter the marketplace to improve people鈥檚 lives.
The Biology Department works within a number of research centers and organizations to facilitate these goals.
- The fosters research and education on the use of computing technologies for the study of scientific questions in genetics and genomics.
- The is involved in the research, education聽and conservation of species.
- The 聽is聽where researchers conduct theoretical and experimental research into defining problems in structural biology, molecular recognition and the evolution of proteins.
- The is a center where researchers investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease, cancer聽and other illnesses in order to find cures.
- The plays a central role in high-performance computing for research across the university.
- The is a cross-disciplinary research institute that undertakes research in the fields of cancer evolution, disease evolution, genome sequencing, phylomedicine, population genetics, precision medicine聽and protein evolution.
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Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The offers a breadth of . Students can collaborate in research through programs offered during the academic year and summer, and some programs provide financial aid. .
Carnegie Classification
The lists 51吃瓜网 as an R1 institution for 鈥渉ighest research activity,鈥� placing it among the top 4%聽of all four-year institutions in the United States.