The Department of Microbiology and Immunology has a collection of commonly used equipment.  

All department shared equipment requires training prior to being used.  If you wish to use any of this equipment, please contact Angie Robertson (angie-robertson@uiowa.edu) or the faculty or staff member listed below.

  • Allegra 6R centrifuge* – 3-501A BSB (Maury)
  • Avanti centrifuge J-26XP* – 3-340J BSB (Tucker)
  • Avanti centrifuge JXN-26* – 3-301J BSB (Schlievert)
  • Eppendorf centrifuge 5430R – 3-501 BSB
  • Eppendorf centrifuge 5804 – 3-501 BSB
  • Centrifuge cytospin 4 – 3-501 BSB

  • Optima L-90K* – 3-501A BSB (Maury)
  • Optima XPN 100* – 3-501A BSB (Maury)
  • Optima Max-E* – 200M EMRB (Ellermeier)

  • Nikon Eclipse – 4-303D BSB (Maury)
  • Nikon Eclipse E600 – 3-654 BSB (Klingelhutz)
  • Leica Microscope* – 4-303D BSB (Roller)
  • Nikon Confocal Microscope* – 200L EMRB (Weber)

  • QuantStudio 3 Real Time PCR - Zebra* – 3-501 BSB (Bedell)
  • QuantStudio 3 Real Time PCR - Pickle* – 3-501 BSB (Bedell)

  • Beckman CytoFlex* – 2217A MERF (Oxley)

  • Autoclaves* – 201J EMRB; 3-340A BSB, 3-450 BSB
  • Bacterial Shakers Innova 4000 – 3-501 BSB
  • Benchtop 2UV Transilluminator – 3-501 BSB
  • Film Developer – 2-504 BSB (must request card swipe access from Lizzie Bishop before using)
  • -80 Freezer (Department Backup) – 3-501G BSB 
  • Imager Bio-Rad Gel-Doc EZ – 3-301J BSB (Schlievert)
  • Licor Odyssey Imaging System CLx* – 3-301J BSB (Schlievert)
  • Lyophilizer Benchtop Pro – 3-301J BSB (Schlievert)
  • Nanodrop – 3-501A BSB 
  • Poster printer – 3-461A BSB (Hernandez)
  • Qubit 2.0 – 200M EMRB (Ellermeier)
  • Scanner Bio Azure Sapphire – 200L EMRB (Ellermeier)
  • Sonifier – 200D EMRB (Ellermeier)
  • Spectrophotometer – 3-501A BSB
  • Tecan Infinite M200 Pro – 3-501A BSB
  • Washers and Drying Oven –  40 EMRB (Endreshak/Cronbaugh)
  • Water Purifier – 3-450 BSB

*Equipment items under a service contract.