Cellular Biomechanics Laboratory

Department of Bioengineering - Professor Cheng Dong

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Tissue Culture Facility

Laminar flow hoods Incubator Centrifuges Refrigerators -86 ºC freezer Liquid nitrogen freezer

Flow system for cell adhesion studies

Parallel and side-view flow chamber Digital syringe pump Cone-plate viscometer Personal Flow Cytometric System

Micropipette apparatus for cell motility studies

3D hydraulic micromanipulators Microinjector Pressure regulator

Viscometer for cell aggregation studies
 

Temperature controlled Cone and plate - 60mm and 35 mm diameter, 1 degree cone angle Computer operated and computerized data collection with in-line data analysis

Migration assay for cell adhesion and migration studies

• Flow-migration chemotaxis chamber (under flow conditions)

• Boyden chamber (under static conditions)

Protein characterization and video microscopy

• Plate reader

• ELISA

• Gel electrophoresis and blotting systems

• Calcium ratiometric measurement system

• Inverted microscopes (featuring phase contrast, DIC and fluorescence)

• CCD-intensified video camera

• Super-VHS VCR

• Video monitors

• Video timers

• Video printers

Computer environment

• IBM-PCs and image processing system

The laboratory space is about 700 square feet and is located on the third floor of the Hallowell Building at the Penn State University, University Park campus.