NMSU Food Safety Laboratory is a 3150 sq. ft. BSL 2 facility located at the New Mexico State University main campus. Current equipment located in the lab is listed below.
- illumina® MiSeq2 genome sequencer
- Smart Cycler® (2 blocks) Automated real-time PCR system 16 sites/block
- Pathatrix Auto® Re-Circulating Immunomagnetic Separation Instrument
- Vitek2® Compact - Automated system for bacterial and fungal identification
- BioRad® Real Time PCR System
- Bead Retriever® Automated Immunomagnetic Separation Equipment
- ABI 7500 Fast® Real Time PCR system
- BAX® system - Automated amplification and detection system
- VIDAS® Automated Immunoassay System (5 sections of 6 test each)
- MagMAX® Express 96 Magnetic Particle Separator
- MagNAPure Compact® - Automated Nucleic Acid Purification Instrument
- Diversilab® and Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer
- Microplate reader Versamax®- wavelength range from 340 to 850 nm
- Spectrophotometer - NanoVue Plus®
- Spectrophotometer - Turner SP-830
- Ultracentrifuge - Thermo Fisher® WX80 pH meters (2) Benchtop pH 420 Aplus
- Water activity Meter (AquaLab)
- Stomacher (4) Seward® 400 circulator (80-400ml capacity)
- Stomacher (1) Seward® s model 3500 (1000-3500ml capacity)
- Blenders (4) Oster® Laboratory Blenders
- Sterile blender jars
- Microcentrifuges (3)
- Refrigerated Centrifuge Sorvall® RC5 - GSA, SS34 rotors
- Clean Room for PCR (10'x14')
- Clean room refrigerator - mini refrigerator
- Clean room PCR Chamber 825-UVC Plas® Labs
- Mini-centrifuges (2)
- Walk-in Cold Room (10'x14')
- Thermocycler Veriti 96 Well
- Gel Electrophoresis equipment (3)
- Biosafety cabinets (4) Class II Type A/B3, Class II Type A2, Thermo Series A2, Lab Conco® Purifier Class II
- Chemical fume hoods (2)
- Laminar flow hoods (2) Horizontal Flow Clean Benches HEPEX, Absolute Air Filter System
- Steris® Autoclave - Gravity and Vacamatic® Sterilizer 24" x 36" x 48"
- Steris® Glassware Washer Reliance 300 designed for cleaning glassware, plastic ware and metal goods typically used in research and quality control laboratories.
- Milli-Q® water system - 160 liter storage tank support capacity
- Incubators (3) IS72GD 55 50 cu ft, 2x IS33SDF 25 cu ft.
- Refrigerators (2) Isotemp® Plus, Symphony
- Ultra cold freezer -86°C Ultra Low Freezer
- Freezers (2) Laboratory Biomedical Solutions -20°C
- Drying oven - max temperature 288°C/550°F
- Shaking incubators(2) Gyromax® 737
- Shaking waterbath Gyromax® 929
- Waterbaths (6) - Precision, Lab line, Shel Lab, Techne, VWR
- Microscopes (2) Zeiss®, Micromaster
- Balances (6) 2x CP22025 max 2200g, Ohaus max 4100g, Mettler Toledo max 12200g, GF200 max 2100g, BL210s Analytical Balance max 210g
- Micropipettors, multichannel micropipettors
