SBS Research Facilities

Modern biological research is a complex effort, materially aided by the availability of support facilities to aid in the aquisition of data, construction and maintainance of the laboratory equipment, and analysis and interpretation of the experimental results. Laboratories are equipped for modern research carried out in space asigned to individual faculty members as well as in a large number of central facilities. Research facilities are located primarily in the Biological Sciences and Chemistry building complex on the Volker Campus, and some in the school's laboratories on the Hospital Hill Campus.

Core Facilities

For more information regarding the instruments used, services provided, and user fees, contact the persons referenced below or Laura Batenic.

• Electrospray Mass Spectrometer - Finnigan LCQ
• Oligonucleotide Synthesizer - ABI 381A (Dr. Kelley Thomas)
• Oligonucleotide Synthesizer - Perseptive Biosystems 8905
• Peptide Synthesizer - ABI 433A
• DNA/Peptide Purification HPLC System - Beckman
• Amino Acid Analyzer - ABI 420A
• Protein/Peptide Sequencer - ABI 477A
• Circular Dichroism Spectropolarimeter - Jasco J720
• Resonant Mirror Biosensor - Affinity Sensors
• Fluor-Imager/Phosphor-Imager (STORM) - Molecular Dynamics
• Capillary Electrophoresis - BioRad
• PCR Instrument - Perkin-Elmer
• Mini Fluorometer - Hoefer
• DNA Sequencer - ABI (Dr. Kelley Thomas)

DNA Core Facility

Location: BSB 218
Supervisor: Dr. Kelley Thomas <thomaske@umkc.edu> Contact person: Krystalynne Morris

Electron Microscopy Facility

Location: BSB 008
Supervisor: Dr. Edward Gogol <gogole@umkc.edu> Contact person: Dr. Douglas Law

X-ray Crystallography Facility

Location: BSB 007
Supervisor: Dr. Marilyn Yoder <yoderm@umkc.edu>
For more information, see the X-ray Facility page.

Mass Spectrometry Facility

Location: SCB 405
Supervisor: Dr. Antonio Artigues <artiguesa@umkc.edu>

Confocal Microscopy Facility

Location: BSB 022C
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Livingston <livingstonb@umkc.edu>

Phosphorimaging/Fluoroimaging Facility

Location: SCB 417
Supervisor: Dr. Douglas Crawford <crawfordd@umkc.edu>

Common Shared Instrumentation

These facilities are accesories to the faculty of SBS. Each instrument has a supervisor assigned. This person will make the potential user aware of the terms for using the appropriate facility. There is a fee plan assigned to each of these services.

Research Facilities Available Through Individual Faculty Members

• Laser Raman Spectrometer (Supervisor: Dr. George Thomas, Jr.)
• Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer (Supervisor: Dr. Alfred Esser)
• Free Flow Electrophoresis (Supervisor: Dr. Alfred Esser )
• Microcal Differential Scanning Calorimeter (Supervisor: Dr. Ana Iriarte)
• Absorption/Fluorescence Spectrometer Stop-flow and Quench-flow (Supervisor: Dr. Ana Iriarte)
• SLM 3000 UV-Visible Diode Array Spectrometer (Supervisor: Dr. William Morgan)
• ELISA Plate Readers
• Refrigerated High Speed Centrifuges
• Cell Disruptors
• CO₂ Incubators
• Fermentors (Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Mattingly)
• Incubators/Shakers
• Inverted Microscopes
• Laminar Flow Hoods
• Fluorescence Microscopes
• Imaging/Reconstruction Facilities
• Inverted Microscopes
• Low Intensity Fluorescence Imaging (Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Morris)
• Microinjection of Single Cells Facility (Supervisor: Dr. Brian Livingston)
• UV Optics Microscopes
• High Pressure Liquid Chromatographs
• Carbohydrate Analyzer
• Pharmacia PhastSystem Gel Electrophoresis Aparatus
• Gel Electrophoresis Aparata
• Densitometers

Computing Facilities

• Ethernet Connections
• Silicon Graphics Workstations
• Alpha/VAX Stations
• Molecular Graphics Modeling Programs
• Gel and Film Scanners