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A scientist’s vision, inventiveness and expertise are critical to research progress...but the available tools and facilities influence that progress in many ways. That’s why we at EBI have invested in a state-of-the-art environment and technologies that support the research directions of our investigators.
In March 1996, EBI moved into the Wilfred R. Konneker Research Center, a newly renovated and expanded building located at The Ridges, a scenic area on Ohio University’s campus. With 40,000 square feet of laboratory space and advanced equipment, the facility was designed to meet the specific needs of biotechnology research.
The center is named in honor of Ohio University alumnus Dr. Wilfred R. Konneker, whose leadership and service assist the university's long-term efforts to build a research base in biotechnology.
Advances in technology allow for increased sophistication
in the research questions one can ask. Individual technologies
can be thought of as ‘tool kits’ that can be used to
address questions of interest. As we have grown and
evolved, EBI’s tool kits also have changed and evolved
with developments in the field. Our current mix of these
research tools serves many different disciplines and
areas of faculty interest.
EBI’s on-site capacity includes:
- proteomics
- genomics
- cell and molecular biology
- flow cytometry
- transgenics (including gene knockouts)
- animal models (mouse, zebrafish and xenopus)
- bioimaging
Additional specialized research tools include facilities
for:
- electron microscopy
- quantitative microscopy and imaging with a laser
scanning confocal microscope
- hybridoma generation
- molecular genetics laboratory with computer-assisted
DNA, RNA and protein sequencing, and microarray analysis
- NMR
- mass spectrophotometry
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