
University of Roorkee
Laboratories
The department has advanced laboratories
of Molecular Biophysics, Structural Biology, Molecular Genetics, Fermentation,
Reproductive Biology, Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology.
Sophisticated instruments listed below have been centralized for use by
all research groups of the department.
- Peptide synthesizer, Model 431A, Make-Applied
Biosystems, USA - Perkin Elmer, Switzerland, automated and programmable.
- DNA synthesizer, Model 392A, Make-Applied
Biosystems, USA - Perkin Elmer, Switzerland, automated with Complete user
programmability.
- High speed Centrifuge, Model Centrikon
-T124, speed 400-24,000 rpm. Maximum Centrifugal force 70,000xg; operating
temp. -20 degree C to 40 degree C; time 0-300 min. and hold provision;
cooling system. Make Kontron, Switzerland.
- Ultracentrifuge, Model-T2060, maximum
speed 60,000 rpm with direct drive, programmable, temperature system 0-45
degree C internal built-in- cooling unit, Make Kontron, Switzerland.
- Preparative Ultracentrifuge, Model-LS-50B,
Max. speed 50,000 rpm, Rotor-50Ti, operating temperature range -5 degree
C to 45 degree C, Make- Beckman, USA.
- Cooling Centrifuge, Model-J2-21, speed
21,000 rpm, operating temperature range 0-40 degree C at full speed, Micro-processor
controlled and digital logic, Make-Beckman, USA.
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC),
Model-LC-7A, UV and fluorescent detector, Gradient Mixer, Two Liquid Pumps,
System Controller and printer, Make Shimadzu, Japan.
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC),
Model-LC-4A with UV spectrophotometric detector, SPD-IAS and fluorometric
detector RF-53- , CRT display, CPU unit for control, flow unit including
3 gradient elution, Make - Shimadzu, Japan.
- Silicon Graphics Work Station O2 Model,
with R5000 processor, PC@180MHz, 64bit RISC CPU, 32 kB inst/32 kB data
Cache, 32 bit double buffered graphics, Ultra SCSI @ 40MBPS, 10/100 MBPS
ethernet, 17" colour stereo monitor, 64 MB RAM, 2GB HDD, CD ROM drive,
2GB DAT drive, Make-Silicon Graphics Inc., California, USA.
- Softwares FELIX 2D, INSIGHT II and DISCOVER,
Make - Molecular Simulations Inc., California, USA. SPHINX & LINSHA
(Courtes Prof. K. Wuthrich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland); XPLOR (Courtesy Prof.
Axel Brunger) supported on Graphic Work Station.
- Laboratory pilot fermenter, Model-LP-351,
in situ sterilizable, capacity 75 litres and 50 litres working volume,
additional attachment for carrying out surface fermentation, full automatic
control of pH, temperature, oxygen, agitation, etc. Chemical antifoam unit
with level sensor, Peristaltic pumps, Make Bioengineering AG wald, Switzerland.
- Fermenter, Model-L-1531, in situ sterilizable,
capacity 9 litres and 6 litres working volume, full automatic control of
pH, temperature, oxygen, etc. unit with level sensor, Peristaltic pumps,
Make Bioengineering AG wald, Switzerland.
- UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Model-DU-6,
190- 900 nm, absorbance range 0-200%T, scan speed 15-300 nm/min., response
time 0.2 sec., interface and alphanumeric video display, Make- Beckman,
USA.
- Liquid Scintillation Counter, Model-LS-1801,
digital display to show count time and CPM, built in printer, parallel
counting channels, high count rate terminator, Make-Beckman, USA.
- Spectrofluorimeter, Model-SFM-25, microprocessor
controlled, wavelength range 200-800 nm, automatic calibration, xenon high
pressure lamp in sealed lamp house, Make-Kontron, Switzerland.
- Orbital Shaker, Model-4731, digital control
temperature 0-45 degree C, programmable shaking 0-400 rpm., microprocessor
controlled, Make-Queue, USA.
- DNA sequencer, Model-AE-3131, gel size-27
cm wide, 37 c, long, volume of jacket-700 ml, overall dimensions-34x22x55.8
cm. Make-Atto Corp., Japan.
- ELISA Reader-Metertech microplate Model-960,
Make Lab. Tek. Inst. Bombay/Singapore (Labindia Instruments India Ltd.).
- Orbital Shaker (Incubator), +5 to 75 degree
C, accuracy 0.5 degree C, 40-400 rpm/min., 735x1020x680 mm, Make Sanyo
Gallenkamp, UK,.
- Gel Electrophoresis apparatus with power Supplies,
Make- Hoeffer Scientific Co., USA.
- Plant Growth Chamber, Model-E30B, with
5-50 degree C temperature programming, humidity control, Make-Percival
Sci. Corp., USA.
- PCR - Thermal Cycler, programmable, model
PTC-150-16 & 25 Make, Make-MJ Research Inc., USA.
- Deep Freezer, Temperature -90 degree C,
Make- Snijder's, Holland.
- Plant Growth Chamber, Make-NSW, Delhi.
- Cold room, walk in (4 degree C), Make-Bluestar,
Delhi.
- Fluorescence Microscope, Make-Linco Type-020-
519.502, Italy.
- Ultrasonicator, Make-Misonix, Model XL-2015,
U.S.A.
- Electronic balance, Model UM3, sensitivity
0.1 microgram. capacity 1-10mg, Make-Mettler instruments, Switzerland.
- Icematic Flaker, Model F90 compact, Italy
- Refrigerated Centrifuge, Model 1300, Make-
Kubata, Japan.
- Digital radioactive contamination monitor,
Make Berthold, Germany.
- Colour graphic terminal, Model TEK-4109
A with colour copier, Tek 4695, Make-Tektronix, USA.
- Personal Computers, PC/AT (HCL Ltd.);
Pentium (HCL-HP), PC/486, etc. with Fujitsu DL3400, HCL-HP DESK JET 850C
and EPSON LQ 1070 Printers.
- Corey-Pauling-Koltun (CPK) molecular models
assembled, 2.0 turns DNA helix, Make-Ealing Beck Ltd., England
- Dreiding molecular models, nucleic acid and
peptide, Make- Buchi Laboratorium, Switzerland.
- Other Miscellaneous equipment such as Laminar
flow station; autoclaves; pH meters; Electric single pan balances; incubators;
Research Microscopes; Table top centrifuges, Glass distillation assemblies;
Air conditioners; Water bath shakers; Power supplies; Polarimeters; Gamma
Ray spectrometers(ECIL); Geiger Muller Counter(ECIL); Electronic top balances;
Colony counter;