Lab Photos

The NP-OILD Laboratory is located on the 2nd floor of Advanced Technology Laboratory (Rm 216, 218, 220).

Student working in the lab
Picture of the lab
Lab equipment
Student working in the lab
Entrance to the lab

Equipment

The NP-OILD Laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art instruments to conduct cellular, molecular, and histological analyses in nutrigenomics research.

Realtime PCR

Realtime PCR

PCR

PCR

Gel-doc

Gel-doc

Li-COR Odyssey

Li-COR Odyssey

Microplate reader

Microplage reader

Cryostat

Cryostat

Seahorse XF Analyzer

Seahorse XF Analyzer

CLAMS

CLAMS

EchoMRI

EchoMRI

Fluorescent Microscope

Fluorescent Microscope
  • BioRad Realtime PCR: mRNA quantification
  • Bioad PCR: DND application
  • BioRad Gel-documentation System: Western blot protein quantification
  • LICOR Odyssey CLx Imaging System: Two-dyes Western blot & In-cell Western blot protein quantification
  • BioTek Synergy Multi-Mode Microplate reader: Detection of optical density, fluorescence, and luminescence
  • Leica Cryostat: Tissue sections for immunohistochemistry
  • Seahorse XFe24 Analyzer: Bioenergetics of cells (e.g., glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration)
  • Oxymax Comprehensive Lab Animal Monitoring System (CLAMS): Analysis of metabolic rates and physical activities of mice
  • ZEISS Fluorescence Microscope
  • EchoMRI100: Mouse body composition measurements

We provide services to researchers at and outside of UConn as part of the Metabolic Phenotyping Facility managed by the Department of Nutritional Sciences. For more information, click here.