The ISRx, a 4,450-square-foot wet lab constructed on the ground floor of the Science Building provides the space and equipment for collaborative research between students and professors.
The ISRx lab gives chemistry, biology, physics and computer science profs and students the ability to work together and collaborate much more easily.
Before, the people we were collaborating with were in different labs, which only allowed for a certain amount of cross-pollination. It鈥檚 really cool to be in the same physical location as the people we鈥檙e working with. Ryan Martinie, Biology/ Biochem major
The ISRx is the latest of the science division鈥檚 efforts to work across disciplines. 鈥淪cience is about solving problems. Disciplines don鈥檛 solve problems. Scientists solve problems,鈥 said Professor Tatko. 鈥淭o train our students to solve problems, we need to train them to be flexible thinkers.鈥
Equipment in the ISRx
- MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer
- 500-megahertz NMR spectrometer
- Apotome fluorescence microscope
- Virtual-reality computer interface
- Total internal reflected fluorescence microscope
- Patch clamp single cell apparatus and associated microscope
- Two high pressure liquid chromatographs
- Real-time PCR machine
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Parking Info
Lots 3, 4 and 5