Water Quality Biotechnology Program

Facilities

Lab Space and Instrumentation:

Room 716A Rhodes Hall (12ft x 20ft) – Tissue culture and PCR preparation lab containing: one FisherHamilton Safeaire Class II biosafety cabinet; one FisherBrand PCR Workstation; one Napco model 5400 water jacketed CO2 incubator; one Precision model 815 upright incubator; one Thermolyne BioCane liquid nitrogen storage system; one FisherBrand clinical centrifuge; one Eppendorf model 5415D microcentrifuge; one water bath; one Nikon TS100F inverted microscope.

Room 716B Rhodes Hall (12ft x 14ft) – PCR reaction and Radioactivity lab containing: one Packard TriCard model 2200CA liquid scintillation counter; one FujiFilm model BAS-1800 phosphoimager; one Packard model 307 oxidizer; one Packard Cyclone Storagephosphoimager; two FisherBrand PCR Workstations; one Revco Ultralow temperature freezer; one ABI model 6100 Nucleic Acid PrepStation; one Nikon E400 upright epifluorescent microscope; one Eppendorf model 5451D microcentrifuge.

Room 716C Rhodes Hall (12ft x 20ft) – DNA extraction and BSL2 microbiology lab containing: one Baker Class II biosafety cabinet; one NuAire Class II biosafety cabinet; one Napco model 5400 water jacketed CO2 incubator; one FisherBrand clinical centrifuge; one Eppendorf model 5810R refrigerated bench top preparative centrifuge; one water bath; two Newbrunswick model C1 shakers; one Newbrunswick model C24 heated shaker; one Tekma model TM130PB ultrasonic probe; one UltraTurax T8 Dispergierstation; one Nikon TS100F inverted microscope; one chemical fume hood.

Room 716D Rhodes Hall (10ft x 6ft) – Microscopy lab containing: one Nikon C1 Confocal laser scanning microscope with blue, green, and red lasers; one Nikon TS2000 inverted epifluorscent microscope; one Nikon E600 upright epifluorescent microscope; one Spot CCD camera.

Room 716E, F Rhodes Hall (10ft x 8ft) – Dedicated temperature control rooms.

Room 716G Rhodes Hall (15ft x 13ft) – Bioreactor pilot lab containing: twenty-four custom designed bioreactors with assorted pumps, aerators, and timers; one Challenge 8-position respirometer; four Orion model 720A multimeters and associated probes.

Room 716 Rhodes Hall (27ft x 27ft) – Wet chemistry lab containing: one ABI 7500 Real time PCR System; two ABI 2700 thermocyclers; one ABI 2400 thermocycler; one ABI 9700 GeneAmp Station; one Transgenomic WAVE HPLC DNA fragment analyzer; one Genosys model 10 UV/Vis spec; two FisherBrand hybridization ovens; one Baker Class II biosafety cabinet; one Revco ultralow temperature freezer; two Econoline recirculating water baths; BioRad gel electrophoresis equipment; two analytical balances; two chemical balances; one Boekel Slide Moat; two Hach DR2500 Spectrophotometers; one Beckman model TJ-6 refrigerated benchtop preparative centrifuge; one custom-designed 3ft x 3ft x 18ft bioaersol generation and testing chamber; two chemical fume hoods; two LabLine Max/Rotator shaker platforms.

Adjoining the laboratory, Dr. Oerther’s students occupy Room 712 Rhodes Hall (20ft x 15ft) for office space containing: twelve lap-top computers (P3 and P4 Wintel machines); one PowerMac dual G5 workstation; one Linux workstation; one Lexmark Color networked laser printer.  Across the hallway from the laboratory, Dr. Oerther’s staff occupy Room 713 Rhodes Hall (14ft x 14ft) for office space.  Dr. Oerther has a personal office located in Room 746 Engineering Research Center (10ft x 15ft).

Dr. Oerther employees a full-time laboratory manager to oversee the research facilities.  Additional support staff are available from the Department including two full time shop technicians as well as grant managers and accountants.

Questions? Contact Daniel B. Oerther.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Room 765 Baldwin Hall; Box 210071
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0071, USA
(513) 556-3670; (513) 556-2599 (fax)