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  • Agilent  Technologies ® 1100 HPLC with thermostatted autosampler and UV/VIS diode array detector. For the separation and quantification of  phytoplankton pigments.

  • Agilent  Technologies ® 1100 HPLC with UV/VIS and fluorescence detectors. For detection of the algal toxins microcystin and anatoxin.
  • Molecular Devices Spectra-Max 190 Spectrophotometer/Plate reader; used for ELISA detection of microcytin, brevetoxin, and other ELISA assays.
  • Perkin-Elmer AAnalyst 700 Atomic Absorbtion spectrometer (in adjacent lab).
  • Bio-Rad Model 1000 VersaDoc gel imaging system.
  • Shimadzu UV-1601 UV-Vis  Spectrophotometer for measurement of Urea.
  • Beckman-Coulter DU-800 Spectrophotometer.
  • Beckman-Coulter Optima-Max Ultracentrifuge, capable of speeds in excess of 1,000,000 X g.
  • Beckman-Coulter Allegra 64-R refrigerated ultracentrifuge.
  • Nikon E600 upright fluorescence/phase contrast microscope with a Sony DXM 390 video camera.
  • Nikon TE 2000 Inverted fluorescence/DIC microscope with attached Q-Imaging micropublisher 3.3 megapixel CCD camera.
  • Wild M-40 inverted phase contrast microscope.
  • Percival Intellus AR36L3 incubators with temperature, humidity, and light control for maintenance of algal cultures.
  • Laminar flow hood for sterile handling of cultures.
  • Thermolyne Biocane 20 and Locator-8 Cryo-Biological storage systems.
  • Nikon ZM-645 continous zoom steromicroscope.


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