We really appreciate donations, but please do NOT drop off any equipment at CCL without prior approval! Unwanted donations can cost us a significant amount of money, effort, and/or space. If you have anything you think we may want, please send us a description via our contact form. Thank you!

Equipment List

  • Two 6ft Biosafety cabinets
  • -80C freezer, -20C freezers, 4C refrigerators
  • Bioreactor system, including a computerized controller, 2L vessel, chiller, air compressor, O2 concentrator, and vacuum pump
  • Incubators (CO2, large, mini)
  • Shaking incubator
  • PCR Thermocyclers
  • Spectrophotometers with plate reader and cuvette holder
  • Spectramax 190 plate reader
  • Gel Electrophoresis (boxes, power supply, gels, and gel viewer)
  • Centrifuges, mini centrifuge, refridgerated centrifuge
  • Small and large autoclaves
  • Vacuum chamber and pumps
  • Scales and analytical balance
  • Hot plates and water bath
  • 2 in 1 magnetic stirrer and hot plate
  • Magnetic stirrers and vortexers
  • Cooling and heating blocks
  • Pipettes and tips - single and multichannel
  • Electroporator and cuvettes
  • Compound, inverted phase-contrast, and stereo microscopes
  • Nanodrop
  • FPLC (fast performance liquid chromatography)
  • Plant growth racks​
  • Hydroponic plant growth systems and TDS meter​
  • Lyophilizer freeze dryer
  • Transfer blot
  • Orbital shakers and rockers
  • pH meter and probes
  • Liquid-handling robot
  • Reverse Osmosis Deionization Water Filtration System
  • Sonicator
  • Dehydrator oven
  • Impulse heat sealer
  • Sputtering machine
  • Conductivity meter
  • Quantum light meter

Wish List

Although we have a pretty well equipped lab, there's always some more items we're looking for...
  • Restaurant shelving
  • *Small* Cryogenic storage dewar (vacuum flask for liquid nitrogen)
  • Blue light transilluminator for gel viewing
  • Rainin micropipettes (especially p1000 uL volume)
  • ​Microcentrifuges (i.e. Eppendorf)
  • Automated cell counter (e.g. Countess)

  • Eppendorf Thermomixer
  • Qubit fluorimeter
  • Fluorescent microscope
  • Confocal microscope
  • Fully functional liquid-handling robot

  • Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) microscope
  • Bioreactor impeller motors
  • Dynamic Light Scattering / Laser Diffraction particle size analyzer (down to at least 50nm)
  • Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) scanner to test for lead contamination in soil
  • *Small* desktop electron microscope
  • *Small* Raman spec

​Got any gear you'd like to donate? Fill out our contact form to get in touch with us! 
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