TOUR OF THE LABORATORIES

Infrared Spectroscopy Laboratory

Room 136 Natural Science Center

Laboratory currently houses four FTIR spectrometers.

Bruker Vertex80 FTIR Spectrometer

Instrument has nanosecond and microsecond time resolved step-scan capability.

Used mainly for static and time resolved FTIR studies of photosynthetic systems.

Varian FTIR Microscopic Imaging System.

Includes a 128x128 jnfrared focal plane array and a microscopic imaging ATR device.

Used mainly for spectral imaging studies of whole cells, particularly microalgae cells.

Bruker IFS66/S FTIR Spectrometer

Instrument has nanosecond and microsecond time resolved step-scan capability.

Used mainly for static and time resolved FTIR studies of photosynthetic systems.

Bruker Alpha Portable FTIR Spectrometer.

General purpose instrument with ATR FTIR capability.

Transient Absorption Spectroscopy Lab

Room 125 Natural Science Center

Edinburgh Instruments LP920 Nanosecond Transient Absorption Spectrometer.

Biologics Transient Absorption Spectrometer.

The "wet" lab

Room 118 Natural Science Center

Growing cyanobacterial cells (1 x 5L and 2 x 20L).