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Research Facilities

A selection of the various equipment, services and labs that support Life Sciences research at Cornell

Data Acquisition/ Analysis/ Computational Biology

  • CCMR Research Computing Facilities (CCMRCF)

    The CCMR Research Computing Facilities (CCMRCF) support the research goals of the Center in the areas of data acquisition, analysis, display of data, and computationally intensive modeling. The facilities also support information technologies that facilitate scientific collaboration such as e-mail and web servers. The facilities provide consulting, network administration and security services, as well as system administration for computing workstations. A wide variety of input/output devices are available including scanners, a 54" roll poster printer, and an assortment of grayscale and color laser printers providing letter-size transparencies for projection, and single-sided or duplex printing to paper.

  • Computational Genomics Core Facility

    The computational genomics core facility (CGCF) provides its users with shared access to a pool of floating licenses for the following software:

    GeneSpring (microarray data analysis; for WCMC and CU users), Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (microarray and proteomics - funtional analysis; for WCMC and CU users), Lasergene (sequence analysis; WCMC and HSS users), and Insight II/Discovery Studio (molecular modeling environment; WCMC users). A CGCF subscription is required for the first two software packages.

    Note: A floating license allows multiple users to share use of an application. With a floating license, if all available seats for a software are occupied, users will be rejected with a warning message. When the user finishes using the software, another user can begin using it.

  • Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit

    The Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit (CSCU) is a professional service supported by the Division of Nutritional Sciences, the Colleges of Human Ecology and Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and closely associated with the Department of Statistical Sciences. The objective of CSCU is to enhance research at Cornell by assisting researchers with their statistical analyses. Our statistical consulting, instructional, and infrastructure services are coordinated to provide advice and support the use and learning of the latest methodology for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and the entire research community.

Enology and Brewing

  • Vinification & Brewing Technology Laboratory (V&B)

    Enology

    "The new facility allows us to expand our experimental winemaking program to test new grape varieties and winemaking practices. It allows us to scale up our experiments to industrial production volumes. It is a place for equipment manufacturers to showcase their new equipment. It is a place where industry members can train on new and current technology and equipment. It is a place where Cornell students can conduct research and learn winemaking practice on industrial equipment."

    Brewing

    "The brewing pilot plant is planned to serve multiple roles. It will be used in hands-on instruction during formal Cornell courses and extension programs. It will be a neutral site for suppliers of equipment and ingredients to present demonstrations or to obtain evaluations of their products or comparisons with competitors. It will be a facility available to present and aspiring brewers for product and process development. It will be used for faculty research in brewing science and technology."

  • Wine Analysis Laboratory and New York Wine Data Bank

    The Wine Analytical Laboratory goals are to provide:

    • New York State Wineries affordable technical service for juice and wine analysis for quality assurance and problem solving.
    • A data bank for New York juice and wine, which will provide an information basis for New York wineries and extension and research programs.

Genetic/ Genomic/ Molecular Biology

  • Cancer Protein Expression Laboratory (CPXL)

    Service Provided:

    • Access to state-of-the-art equipment for large scale expression and purification of recombinant proteins.
    • Individual user training for any of the instruments.
    • Personnel to maintain the instruments and counsel and assist users.
    • Expression and purification services.

     

  • Center for Gene Expression Profiling (CGEP)

    The Center for Gene Expression Profiling (CGEP) is dedicated to supplying the scientific community with high quality tomato cDNA microarrays. These arrays are provided to researchers for a fee that is designed to help us recover the costs of running the portion of the facility that is dedicated to this project. Additional funding is provided by the National Science Foundation (DBI-0116076)

  • Cornell Theory Center (CTC CAVE)

    CAC is the site of the first multi-wall Windows/Intel CAVE environment. CAC's CAVE provides a three-dimensional, stereo immersive virtual reality environment for viewing scientific, engineering, architectural and art applications.

  • Cornell University Protein Facility (CUPF)

    The newly established Protein Facility in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology provides equipment, expertise and service to support chemical biology efforts around campus. Services include molecular biology and protein purification to produce large amounts of pure protein that can be used as needed.The availability of these services will allow some groups to increase their throughput by freeing them from repetitive protein purifications and standard molecular biology. Furthermore, the facility will allow groups that are not already equipped and trained for protein production to obtain significant amounts of pure protein without the investment of time, effort and training normally associated with moving into a new area of research and without having to make the large financial commitment necessary to equip a lab for protein production.

    The facility is completely equipped and staffed for all stages of a protein production starting from an identified gene of interest through cloning, expression testing and protein purification. We currently offer E. coli and S. cerevisiae expression hosts and will be adding insect and mammalian cell culture in the fall of 2007.

    The facility staff members are available for consultation during normal working hours. There is no fee for standard consultations. Involvement by facility staff requiring a significant intellectual involvement may necessitate compensation to be arranged on a case-by-case basis.

  • Laboratory for Molecular Typing

    The Laboratory for Molecular Typing was established in 1996 by Prof. Carl A. Batt. It is a fee-for-service facility within the New York State College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at Cornell University and available to all users including those from outside the university and outside New York state. When requested the laboratory operates under a strict confidentiality policy.

    The laboratory offers a variety of technologies to identify and characterize microorganisms to the genus, species and subspecies level. The core instrumentation for molecular typing of bacteria is the Riboprinter Microbial Identification System from Qualicon (subsidiary of DuPont) which generates very precise and highly diagnostic genetic fingerprints for bacteria.

  • Life Sciences Core Laboratories: DNA Microarrays

    The Microarray Facility is a fee-for-service laboratory whose goal is to produce high-quality microarray data.

  • Life Sciences Core Laboratories: DNA Sequencing & Genotyping

    A laboratory with DNA Sequencing, DNA Fragment Analysis, Real Time PCR & Sequence Detection.

  • Life Sciences Core Laboratories: Transgenics

    • Plant Tissue Culture and Transformation Facility

      The BRC Plant Tissue Culture and Transformation Facility provides researchers with access to state of the art equipment and materials for the transfer of genes into plant, algal and fungal species. The Facility also provides instruction and assistance in the use of these procedures to investigators involved in the broad area of experimental transfer and analysis of genes and genomes.

    • Protein Expression Profiling

      With the rapidly emerging field of proteomics upon us the BRC has added some the latest tools to the new P.E.P. laboratory. Including High through-put 2D electrophoresis, automated Mass spectrometry and soon an all inclusive picker, digester, and spotter robot.

    Greenhouse and Farm Facilities

    • Bluegrass Lane Turf and Landscape Research Center

      Field research in landscape architecture, horticulture and turf management is conducted at Bluegrass Lane, near the Cornell golf course off Warren Road.

    • CALS Greenhouses

    • Dilmun Hill Cornell Student Farm

      Dilmun Hill is a 12-acre, student-run farm and experiential learning center adjacent to campus, just west of Cornell Orchards near the intersection of Judd Falls Rd. and Route 366. The Farm grows vegetables, fruit, flowers, and herbs using organic practices. It involves a diverse group of students, faculty, alumni, and staff from both farm and non-farm backgrounds in all our activities, including hands-on planning, production, and research. It promotes the link between production and the consumption of local, organic produce in the Ithaca and Cornell community through its activities.

    • East Ithaca Farm

      Located on Maple Avenue just south of the Cornell campus, the East Ithaca Farm is the home of the Department of Horticulture's hoophouse and cut-flower research.

    • Freeville Organic Research Farm

      The Freeville Organic Research Farm comprises 30 acres adjacent to the Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, NY, about 10 miles northeast of Cornell's Ithaca campus. Our first research projects begin in 2004.

    • Geneva Greenhouse

    • Guterman Bioclimatic Research Laboratories

      The Guterman complex consists of laboratories, growth chambers, controlled atmospheric storage rooms, glass and plastic greenhouses, and an insulated building for herbicide and weed science research.

    • Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm

      There are two major soil types on the tillable parts of the farm. The dominant one is a Howard gravelly loam, which except for its stones an excellent soil for vegetable research. It does require irrigation, but Fall Creek is available to provide a reliable source of water. There are also about 15 acres of Eel silt loam.


    • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium

    • Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center (LIHREC)

      We have specialists in floriculture, viticulture (grape production), vegetables, potatoes, and woody ornamentals. We also have cross-commodity specialists in plant diseases, weed management, entomology and plant tissue culture.

    • MacDaniels Nut Grove

      MacDaniels Nut Grove is a forest farming and agroforestry research and education center in the Cornell Plantations.

    • Plant Growth Facility (BTI)

      This multi-faceted facility, which services a wide array of research projects, consists of greenhouses, growth chambers, a dew room and a seed harvest room.

    High Energy/ Accelerator/ Collider

    • Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR)

      A high-luminosity 6+6 GeV electron-positron collider operated by the CESR group at the Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory, Cornell University.

      It is capable of producing collisions between electrons and their anti-particles, positrons, with center-of-mass energies between 9 and 12 GeV. When an electron and positron collide and annihilate, the flash of energy results in the creation of of new matter, sometimes exotic and unfamiliar. The products of these collisions are studied with a large and complex detection apparatus, called the CLEO detector.

    • Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS)

    • Ultra-High Flux Beamlines for Cornell's Materials Research Program (G-line)

      G-line: Overview

      • Three new ultra-high flux synchrotron x-ray beam lines with experimental stations optimized to study dynamically evolving materials, including thin film growth and etching, patterned surfaces, electrochemical interfaces, polymers, liquid crystals, bio-materials, and systems with novel electronic properties.
      • These beam lines will be operated separately from, but in close collaboration with, the Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), which is a National User Facility.
      • The G-line stations will form a nexus between the various major materials research facilities across campus that fall under the auspices of the Cornell Center of Materials Research (CCMR).
      • Education and Research are combined in mission.

    Microscopy/ Imaging

    • Biomedical Sciences Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory

      The Biomedical Sciences Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory uses a BD-Biosciences FACS Aria high speed flow cytometer/cell sorter utilizing a quartz cuvette for interrogation. It is equipped with three diode lasers providing excitation lines at 488 nm, 633 nm and 407 nm. Signal processing is digital, allowing high acquisition rates, recapitulation and logical analysis of acquired data. There are 5 emission wavelengths detected from 488 nm excitation, 2 from 633 nm excitation and 2 from 407 nm excitation to accommodate a wide range of fluorochromes. The Aria is capable of high speed cell sorting (<50,000 events/second) and collecting sorted samples into up to four 2ml or 5ml tubes, two 15ml tubes and is also equipped with a robotic device for sorting into multi-well plates and onto glass slides.

    • CCMR Molecular and Cellular Surface Imaging Facility (MOCSI)

      The goal of the MOCSI Facility (known informally as the Surface Facility) is to provide tools that can generate images of surface or near-surface characteristics, such as topography or electronic structure, at length scales from microns down to nanometers in environments ranging from ultra-high vacuum to fluids. The primary tools are specialized scanning probe microscopes (SPM's) that complement the capabilities of the standard SPM's found in the CCMR Materials Facility and in other Cornell centers. Additionally, vacuum surface processing equipment is available that can be configured according to the needs of users in order to prepare samples prior to characterization.

    • Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Core Facility

      Facilities

      Major equipment includes a 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging system, a combined positron emission tomography/computed tomography system, and a 19 Mev cyclotron and associated radiochemistry laboratories. Center staff includes applications scientists and technologists specifically devoted to the support of investigator initiated projects. Technologies available to researchers include:

      • The Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) Facility supports high resolution imaging anywhere in the body. The instrument is used to study a wide range of diseases, from neurological and psychiatric disorders to cancer and vascular disease. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a special type of MRI that provides a means for analysis of brain activity directly and non-invasively.
      • The Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) Facility is used for whole-body scanning or visualization of selected organs. PET/CT precisely measures physiologic function, detects metabolic changes in tissue, displays blood flow, tracks alternations in biochemical processes, and more.
      • The Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Facility produces positron-emitting radiolabeled pharmaceutical drugs designed and engineered to complement the pharmacokinetics of the clinical molecular target. The preparation of these unique drugs requires a source of radionuclides, and the tools for subsequent drug synthesis. The facility supports generation of specific short-lived, positron emitting radionuclides.

      Services Provided

      The Biomedical Imaging Core Facility offers MRI and PET/CT scanner time that includes administrative and technologist support. Consultation, image processing, and applications development services are also offered. Currently supported applications include brain white matter tractography, functional magnetic resonance imaging, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, magnetic resonance angiography, radiofrequency resonator design, perfusion imaging, 18FDG PET imaging, and 15O water PET imaging.

    • Confocal and Multiphoton Microscopy

      In Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy, a laser beam is scanned across the specimen and the emitted fluorescent light passes through a pinhole aperture, so that the fluorescence from points on the specimen that are not within the focal plane will be obstructed by the pinhole. This nearly eliminates out-of-focus information, improving resolution and background discrimination. This 'optical sectioning' is especially useful when viewing thick specimens. A series of sections can be obtained automatically and a 2-D or 3-D reconstruction created. Signals from 3 different fluorescent dyes or 2 dyes and a transmitted light image can be obtained simultaneously and the images merged to determine co-localization.

      In Multiphoton Microscopy, a more powerful laser is used to provide simultaneous excitation with 2 or three photons of low energy, exciting the fluorophore to the same level as one high energy photon. The use of lower energy (red wavelengths) reduces damage to the specimen, which is especially important in living tissue. These wavelengths also penetrate deeper into the tissue. Multiphoton excitation occurs only at the focal plane and tissue above and below is not affected so there is no need for pinhole apertures. In confocal a larger volume if tissue is excited but only light from the focal plane is collected.

    • Cornell Integrated Microscopy Center (CIMC)

      The Cornell Integrated Microscopy Center (CIMC) is a resource center that offers instructional and research services in microscopy to the Cornell community. In addition, CIMC explores new specimen preparation/imaging methods for microscopy, and disseminates the existing state-of-the art microscopy techniques to researchers in the community. The Center is well equipped for light microscopy as well as electron microscopy.

    • Electron and Optical Microscopy Facility

      Electron microscopy equipment includes a scanning electron microscope (SEM), an electron microprobe (EPMA), a transmission electron microscope (TEM) and one energy-filtered TEM (EFTEM). A variety of optical (visible light) microscopes (OMs) are also available. Digital Imaging is routinely used on all microscopes.

    • Integrated Advanced Microscopy Facilities

      The integrated advanced microscopy facilities at the Cornell Center for Materials Research offer a broad range of instruments supported by trained professional staff, who assist researchers as they prepare, image, and analyze their specimens.

    • Keck Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope

      Imaging at very high resolution (1nm at 20keV and 2.5nm at 5keV) is possible with the Keck FE-SEM, a LEO 1550, which utilizes a Schottky Field Emitter. Its superb performance, particularly at low accelerating voltages (< 1keV), is aided by a Beam Booster. At 20keV and below, an additional 8keV is added to the chosen accelerating voltage. Boosting the beam to a higher energy means it is less sensitive to any stray electromagnetic fields as it travels down the column. At the pole piece the beam is then decelerated by 8keV, returning to its original chosen energy. The decelerating field of the Beam Booster also acts as an electrostatic lens, and its field is superimposed on the electromagnetic field of the objective lens. Together they form the light-optical equivalent of a lens triplet. This combination of lenses lowers the coefficients of chromatic and spherical aberration, particularly at low beam energies.

      Its current user base is drawn from a wide variety of disciplines and includes chemists, physicists, biologists, material scientists, electrical engineers and others.

    • Life Sciences Core Laboratories: Microscopy and Imaging

        Microscopy and Imaging researchers have access to instrumentation such as transmitted and fluorescence light microscopy, confocal microscopy, molecular imaging (whole mouse luminescence and fluorescence imaging) and high-resolution ultrasonic imaging, as well as prototyping and analysis tools such as stereo microscopes, a spectrofluorometer and image processing software. We provide training on these instruments and general advice on digital imaging, image analysis, live cell microscopy, tissue and animal imaging and fluorescence techniques and measurements.

      • Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

        Quantitative, digital imaging and spectroscopy of materials at very high spatial and energy resolution are routinely performed on the UHV-STEM. Typical experiments include the studies of interfaces and grain boundaries of semi-conductors, III-V compounds, ceramics, superconductors, and metal alloys. Even beam-sensitive materials can be quantitatively analyzed due to the high efficiency of the detectors.

        Chemists, physicists, electrical engineers, materials scientists, and students from Cornell, other universities, and industry use the laboratory.

      Multipurpose facilities

      • Center for Nanoscale Systems Shared Facility

        The Center for Nanoscale Systems supports a research facility that is available to the Cornell community and outside users. Equipment is available to trained users on a 24 hour basis. Equipment implementation and maintenance is recovered through user fees. Access to the facility is through an electronic key lock. Contact the facility manager for more information.

        Facility Equipment:

        • Electronic/Magnetic Probe Stations
        • Electronic Test Equipment (power supplies, analyzers, amplifiers, etc.)
        • Photonics Lab
        • Microscopes, Spectrometers, Surface Analysis and other equipment

         

      • Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) Polymer Characterization Facility

        The laboratory is used extensively by the polymer research community, particularly members of CCMR's Interdisciplinary Research Groups and Seed projects, by the Polymers Community at Cornell and industrial members of Cornell's Polymer Outreach Program (POP). The facility participates in the annual Polymer Outreach Symposium hosted by the Center in May.

      • Life Sciences Core Laboratories Center

        The Life Sciences Core Laboratories Center provides an array of services as part of a network of life science shared core facilities at Cornell University. It serves the Cornell community, other academic institutions and commercial enterprise through the concentration of advanced instrumentation and expertise found within LSCLC laboratories. In association with the New York State Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) in Life Science Enterprise, New York State companies receive a discount on services.

      • NYSAES - Geneva Facilities for Plant Breeding

        List of facilities for plant breeding.

      • Videoconference Facilties

        It offers Cornell employees the option not to travel to meetings in distant locations and has the ability to connect colleagues from all over the world. Contact individual facility for more information.

      NMR/ Diffraction/ Spectrometry

      • CCMR X-Ray Diffraction Facility

        Offering a number of distinct advantages for materials research, this facility houses a small angle X-Ray scattering system (SAXS), a general area diffraction detection system, 2 powder diffractometers, a back-reflection Laue system, and a high-resolution diffractometer. For most samples, very little sample preparation is needed. All types of materials, including polymers, clays, metals, and ceramics can be analyzed. Samples can be in powdered, single crystal, thin film or bulk form. X-Ray techniques are completely non-destructive.

      • CHEM X-Ray Diffraction Facility

        The department maintains an x-ray diffraction facility equipped with a Bruker X8 APEX II diffractometer, which is designed for a so called “small molecule” crystallography. The facility provides all software necessary for a crystal structure solution and refinement and publication, including annually updated Cambridge Structural Database. Facility provides services not only to Cornell community, but also to many users outside Cornell. 

        Of the two diffractometers one has a 2K detector and a 6 KW rotating anode generator is primarily used for protein data collections, and the other one is a 1K instrument with a 2KW sealed tube generator which serves for all small molecule data collection.

      • Macromolecular Diffraction Facility at CHESS (MacCHESS)

        The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), funds MacCHESS for two purposes: core research and support of CHESS users, who perform macromolecular diffraction experiments. MacCHESS staff conduct research in the areas of cell signaling, micro diffraction, membrane proteins, optimized data collection at synchrotron sources, crystallographic phasing, large unit cell crystallography, x-ray optics for crystallography and other areas relevant to macromolecular crystallography. On the user support front, the facility makes available specialized equipment and expertise, in addition to those provided by CHESS to all users. MacCHESS staff provide training and advice in the use of all these amenities. Guidance in determining MacCHESS's major emphases is provided by the MacCHESS Advisory Committee.

      • Vet NMR Facility

        The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facility at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine houses a Varian Inova 500 spectrometer equipped for high-resolution studies of the structure and dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids. Data from the experiments conducted on this machine can be used to determine the three dimensional structure of proteins and nucleic acids in solution at atomic resolution. Also the motions of these molecules can be studied on time scales extending down to 0.000000000001 seconds. An important feature of this instrument is the cryoprobe. This portion of the instrument detects the signal, but to increase sensitivity by 3-fold, the electronics are maintained at -414°F (25 kelvin). This facilitates the study of molecules at low concentrations.

        The spectrometer has been used for many different projects. In particular, the structure and dynamics of a number of proteins that are important drug targets for cancer, epilepsy, and numerous neurodegenerative diseases have been studied. Also, the three dimensional structure of several proteins with potential for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias have been determined.

      Nanotechnology/ Microfabrication

      • Center for Nanoscale Systems Shared Facility

        The Center for Nanoscale Systems supports a research facility that is available to the Cornell community and outside users. Equipment is available to trained users on a 24 hour basis. Equipment implementation and maintenance is recovered through user fees. Access to the facility is through an electronic key lock. Contact the facility manager for more information.

        Facility Equipment:

        • Electronic/Magnetic Probe Stations
        • Electronic Test Equipment (power supplies, analyzers, amplifiers, etc.)
        • Photonics Lab
        • Microscopes, Spectrometers, Surface Analysis and other equipment

         

      • Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF)

        The Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (CNF) has served the US research community for more than 25 years. Subjects of research encompass physical sciences, life sciences, and engineering, particularly with inter-disciplinary emphasis. During 2002, nearly 350 Cornell and 350 external users utilized the fabrication, synthesis, characterization, and integration resources of CNF to build structures, devices, and systems from atomic to complex large-scales.

        Users belong to diverse departments: astronomy, plant pathology, materials science, physics, chemistry, life-sciences, various departments of engineering, etc., and industry, and learn and use the tools available in the facility. CNF is open 24 hours a day, and provides the interactive and exciting learning and practicing environment critical to successful research. External users typically spend a week to two to complete their work with strong staff support. Many projects can also be accomplished remotely.

        The CNF Equipment List & Status Page contains the list of equipments available and the current status of the equipments.

      • Excimer Laser Micromachining

        An excimer laser is a specific type of molecular gas laser that produces high intensity light in the ultraviolet (UV) range of the electromagnetic spectrum. The UV light source is a Lumonics PM-848k excimer laser, which can be configured to operate with either a KrF (krypton-fluoride) gas mixture at 248 nm or an ArF (argon-fluoride) gas mixture at 193 nm. The excimer laser beam will be used for microfabrication in a wide range of absorbing materials. Any feature down to a size of 2 mm can be etched into a surface in a fraction of the processing time of standard photolithography. The range of applications will cover accurate and rapid scribing, drilling holes through the substrate, and creating complicated patterns and devices out silicon and plastics alike.

      • Hudson Mesoscale Processing Facility

        Material specimens of dimensions in the range of 1nm to 5ìm are essential for successful studies on structure, property, and functions of many materials and biological systems. The Hudson Mesoscale Processing Facility provides instrumentation and technical services to enable and promote scientific research in materials at small dimensions. The facility serves a broad cross-section of the materials community at Cornell with the user community spanning multiple departments and colleges at Cornell.

      • NanoBiotechnology Center BioFacility

        The NBTC BioFacility offers access to a wide range of equipment and supplies, all listed and described on the facility web page.

      Soil/Pest/Pesticide/Plant Processing and Analysis

      • Cornell Nutrient Analysis Laboratories (CNAL)

        CNAL provides soil testing services to commercial farmers and home gardeners in New York State, and to researchers across the globe. Their extension facilities serve commercial growers and home gardeners, and provide recommendations on soil management in addition to test results. CNAL's research facilities offer a number of soil analyses for research purposes, including total elemental analysis, extractable nutrients/elements, soil pH, acidity and exchange capacity, soil physical characteristics, and more. The CNAL Research arm also offers analyses of plants, as well as of water solutions and extracts.

      • Cornell University Stable Isotope Laboratory (COIL)

        The Cornell University Stable Isotope Laboratory (COIL) was established in 1997 through a National Science Foundation equipment grant, along with matching funds provided by the Andrew Mellon Foundation.COIL is located within the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. The facility supports a broad community of scientists at Cornell as well as other academic institutions and organizations spanning the globe in the areas of biogeochemistry, agronomy, ecology, geology, atmospheric science, and nutrition. COIL personnel have spent the last several years working diligently towards optimizing analysis methods for precision as well as sample linearity with capabilities comparable to most advanced isotope laboratories worldwide. COIL's main goal is to generate superior results within a reasonable time frame, while at the same time meeting the individual needs of the client.

      • Fruit & Vegetable Processing - Pilot Scale Operations & Laboratory Support

        Pilot scale equipment capable of most fruit and vegetable processing operations is used in research programs and to provide food processing services for industrial clients.

      • IR-4 Analytical Laboratory

        Cornell Analytical Laboratories operate in compliance with Good Laboratory Practices and offer extensive analysis and methods development capabilities, commodity processing and chemical residue analyses.

        Pesticide residues in processed food products can be determined after pilot scale production performed under GLPs

        • Quality Assurance oversight to all phases of sample receipt, processing and analyses.
        • Methods development for specific commodities or matrices employing EPA-specified
        • procedures or original studies

      • Insect Diagnostic Laboratory

        Cornell University's Insect Diagnostic Lab will help identify the pest and provide pest management suggestions.

      • New York State Seed Testing Laboratory (NYSSTL)

        The NYSSTL offers Specialized teste for New York growers as well as the Routine tests for seed quality. Seed testing services are offered to residents, growers, food processors, seed companies and government agencies on a fee basis.

      • Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic

        Provides plant disease diagnostic services for anyone interested in plant diseases. Services include analysis of plant material and soil for bacterial, fungal, viral, and nematode pathogens as well as suggesting appropriate control measures when available

      Stockroom/ Machining/ Fabrication

      • Cornell Chemistry Stockroom

        Stockroom

        The department Stockroom maintains an inventory of chemicals and equipment necessary for research, as well as office and clerical supplies. Anyone can purchase items using a departmental account or cash. Certain restrictions, however, apply to the sale of chemicals, needles, and syringes. Instructions for the use of the Stockroom are posted inside the entrance. If you have any questions about the stock on the shelves, ask one of the stockkeepers there. If you would like to add a new item to stock or have any other questions about the Stockroom, contact Denise Wurtenberg. Items not available for sale in the Stockroom can be ordered directly from the vendor through the Business Office.

        Shipping Packages

        Packages up to 150 pounds may be shipped by United Parcel Service; the pickup and delivery point is the Stockroom, (5-3356; G-75 Olin Lab). Departmental packages to be shipped should be brought to the Stockroom. ALL CHEMICAL SHIPMENTS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A FORM due to strict regulations that are now imposed by the Department of Transportation. Any chemical shipment, including returns of unwanted or incorrect chemicals received and samples for analysis, must include this new form, MSDS's, and have caps properly secured. Do not seal the boxes, for they need to he inspected and contents verified by Stockroom personnel. All chemical shipments must be brought to the Stockroom before 12:00 Noon to allow for proper time to process all paperwork. The Stockroom will handle personal shipments and deliveries. However, UPS insurance is not available for personal packages. Express delivery services are also available from the Stockroom. The department has contracted with Federal Express, Airborne, and UPS for overnight or next-day delivery. All deliveries to the department (except U.S. mail) are received in the Stockroom. Motor freight shipments can also be arranged. For further information contact the Stockroom.

      • Glass Shop

        Standard glassware items such as high vacuum oil diffusion pumps, vacuum lines, Schlenk tubes, flasks or other custom made one of a kind designs, can be made in the glass shop. I also repair broken apparatus and I can modify existing glassware to meet you design requirements. This is a fully equipped glass shop with most of the same capabilities found at major glass companies. While the majority of work is done using borosilicate, or Pyrex® type glass, quartz fabrication on diameters of up to 3 inches is possible. Cutting of glass tubing, grinding flanges, vacuum line design, consultation, or making a prototype of a new design idea is available at the glass shop.

      • LASSP Stockroom

        Carries office supplies, electronic supplies, precious metals, hardware and much more.

      • Main Machine Shop

        A high technology model-shop staffed by experienced professional machinists. The personnel advise on design as well as executing the needed machining, brazing, welding and other peripheral operations for fabricating experimental apparatus.

      Veterinary and Human Health, Medicine

      • Animal Behavior Clinic

      • Animal Health Diagnostic Center

      • Biomedical Sciences Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory

        The Biomedical Sciences Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory uses a BD-Biosciences FACS Aria high speed flow cytometer/cell sorter utilizing a quartz cuvette for interrogation. It is equipped with three diode lasers providing excitation lines at 488 nm, 633 nm and 407 nm. Signal processing is digital, allowing high acquisition rates, recapitulation and logical analysis of acquired data. There are 5 emission wavelengths detected from 488 nm excitation, 2 from 633 nm excitation and 2 from 407 nm excitation to accommodate a wide range of fluorochromes. The Aria is capable of high speed cell sorting (<50,000 events/second) and collecting sorted samples into up to four 2ml or 5ml tubes, two 15ml tubes and is also equipped with a robotic device for sorting into multi-well plates and onto glass slides.

      • Cornell Center for Animal Resources and Education (CARE)

        CARE is a service and a resource to the Cornell research and teaching community. The mission of CARE is to ensure animal welfare and facilitate research and teaching. CARE provides high quality animal care and veterinary services.

      • Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA)

      • Immunopathology Research and Development Laboratory

        This laboratory provides a crucial service in education and IHC research and development for the department and the campus.

      • Incineration Facility

      • Laboratory Animal Services

        Lab Animal Services is an AAALAC accredited organization providing quality animal care for a wide variety of animals in several specialized facilities. Many of our Animal Technicians are AALAS certified or working toward their certification.

      • Quality Milk Production Services (QMPS)

        The Quality Milk Production Services Program (QMPS) promotes the quality of milk by reducing mastitis levels in dairy herds. QMPS offers a variety of services, notably on-farm evaluations of management and equipment and whole herd milk cultures. Based on the findings, the program's extension veterinarians advise producers, veterinarians and milk inspectors regarding optimal practices for improving herd health and farm management.

        Quality Milk Production Services is making major contributions in the diagnosis, control and treatment of several causes of mastitis, including agents such as Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus aureus, Mycoplasma, Streptococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp. and coliform bacteria. Research continues on new methods of mastitis diagnosis, epidemiology, financial effects, nonantibiotic therapy, bacterins and association with stray voltage.