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Laboratories and Facilities

The EHS Department has state-of-the-art laboratories that are equipped for all aspects of contemporary environmental health sciences. The available laboratory resources reflect the active research programs in the department and are broadly divided into Life and Physical Environmental Health Sciences. Growing levels of collaborative research make available to researchers appropriate instrumentation and technology in both physical and life sciences.

Laboratory resources include:

• Aerosol sciences
  
• Air quality
  
• Cell and molecular biology
  
• Class-100 clean laboratories for trace metal analysis
  
• Environmental chemistry
  
• Environmental engineering
  
• Hazardous substance handling facilities
  
• Nutrition sciences
  
• Physical sciences
  
• Toxicology

Some of the technical resources and instrumentation available to faculty, students and staff include:

Analytical Chemistry

• Atomic absorption
  
• Chromatography (gas and liquid)
  
• Spectroscopy [Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), absorbance and fluorescence]

In vivo and in vitro Studies

• AALAC-accredited animal facilities ({hyperlink ULAM} and {hyperlink ICUCA})
  
• Inhalation toxicology chambers for rodent or human exposures
  
• Cell and tissue culture rooms and incubators

Mass Spectrometry

• Induction-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
  
• Substrate-enhanced laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (SELDI-MS)
  
• Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), including whole air sampling, thermal desorption, and cryofocusing.

Microscopy

• Image analysis
  
• Inverted and upright brightfield and epifluorescence
  
• Real-time and laser scanning confocal microscopy

Technology Development

• Optical chemical nanosensors and nanoprobes for the early detection and treatment of cancer
  
• Wireless Integrated Microsystems (WIMS) NSF-Engineering Research Center

Research Training Programs:

• Fogarty Training Program for International Environmental Health
  
• Molecularly Designed Electronic, Photonic and Nanostructured Materials
  
• NIEHS -Environmental Toxicology Training Grant
  
• NIOSH - Education and Research Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering