You will be surprised to learn that we have better equipment and labs than many schools our size. The chemistry and biology programs at Governors State University will prepare you to be competitive in the professional job market.
Together
with a $22 million laboratory wing renovation, Governors State University
provides students with a diverse array of modern instrumentation and equipment
in molecular biology, chemistry, and biochemistry.
Major
Instrumentation and Equipment
Chromatography/Biological
Separations and Mass Spectrometry
Agilent LC/MSD Trap XCT MS
Agilent
7890B/5977A GC/MS
Agilent
7890B GC
Agilent
1100 Series LC
Agilent
1260 Infinity
HP 1050 LC DAD
HP
1050 LC UV/VIS (for maintenance training)
Hitachi
7000 series LC UV/VIS
HP
5890 GC (multiple for maintenance training)
Gow-Mac
Series 580 GC (multiple for maintenance training)
SP
200I syringe pumps (multiple)
Biorad
Continuous Election Electrophoresis Mini Prep System
Millipore Scepter cell cytometer
Spectroscopy
Bruker
Avance 300 NMR spectrometer
Thermo
Fisher iS-5 FT-IR spectrometer
Nikolet
4700 FT-IR spectrometer
Perkin
Elmer Pinnacle 500 atomic absorption spectrophotometer
Perkin-Elmer
Lambda-35 UV/Vis spectrometer
Ocean
Optics UV/VIS/fluorometer
Hitachi
F-2500 fluorometer
Thermo
Spectronic 200 spectrophotometers (multiple)
Leica
Mark II Plus Refractometer
Plate
Readers/Bacterial Identification
Biotek
Synergy H1 multimode microplate reader
Biotek Epoch Microplate Reader
Biotek
ELX 800 Microplate Reader
Biolog
MicroStation bacterial identification system
Microscopy
Nikon TE2000-U inverted live cell
fluorescence microscope
Nikon
Eclipse 80i fluorescence microscope
Olympus BX51 fluorescence microscope
Leica Leitz DMRB dark field microscope
Amscope
inverted microscope
Nikon SMZ 1000 Boom dissecting microscope
Leica
Cryomicrotome
Leica teaching microscopes (multiple)
Molecular Biology/Biochemistry
Biorad
MyIQ real time PCR
Stratagene
Robocycler thermocycler
Biorad
C1000 Touch thermocycler
Biorad
Chemidoc MP gel imaging system
Biorad
Gel Doc XR image densitometer
Shimadzu
TOC-V total organic carbon analyzer
Li-cor
4300 DNA analyzer
Biorad
Protein Tetrad mini protein gel units (multiple)
Biorad
Mini Transblot
E-gel
DNA gel units (multiple)
Biorad
DNA slab gel units (multiple)
Biorad
power supplies (multiple)
Savant
-70 cold trap/freezer dryer/concentrator
Thermo
tissue culture hoods (multiple)
Thermo
Fisher CO2 incubator for cell culture (multiple)
Bio
Cane 34 Cryogenic storage
-70 degrees freezer
Tuttnauer
autoclaves (multiple)
Thermo
Precision GP 10 bath
Fisher
Isotemp 205 bath
Boekel
microplate shaker
Life
Technologies Hula mixer
VWR
Incubator/Rocker
VWR
vortex mixer (multiple)
Thermo
and Rainin Multichannel liquid delivery pipettors (multiple)
Rainin and Eppendorf Micropipettes (multiple
per biochemistry/molecular biology area)
VWR Galaxy Mini centrifuge (multiple)
Fisher Micro V centrifuge
Thermo Legend micro-centrifuge
Eppendorf 5810 centrifuge
Eppendorf 5804-R centrifuge
Sorvell RC5C large scale centrifuge
Beckman GS-15R centrifuge (multiple)
Thermo Micromax centrifuge
Miscellaneous
Chemistry and Teaching Equipment
IKA ETS
D5 thermostatically controlled hotplate for organic synthesis
Polystat
recirculating bath (multiple)
Precision
Scientific viscosity bath
Wilmed
Rotary evaporator (multiple)
Ohaus balances (multiple)
Mel-Temp
melting point apparatus (multiple)
Oakton
Ion 700 pH meters (multiple)
Accumet
duel channel conductivity, pH and DO meter
Millipore UV-R water purification system
(multiple)
Cleantech
dry box
Thermo
Lindberg Blue M Furnace
Parr solution calorimeter
Optical
Activity polarimeter
Thorlabs
optical benches (multiple)
MakerBot Replicator 3D printer with 3D
scanner
Multiple
Large format 47-50 inch LED displays for teaching
You may want to visit several areas in our Virtual Campus Tour:
Chemistry Lab: https://www.youvisit.com/tour/panoramas/61467/140818?id=268797
Field Station: https://www.youvisit.com/tour/panoramas/govst?id=268870
Explore our campus.