Facilities, Equipment, and Resources

Molecular Biology Laboratory
(600 sq. ft.)

  • MinIon® nanopore sequencer
  • five thermal cyclers
  • microfuges
  • power supplies (one high voltage)
  • hybridization oven
  • floor shaking incubator and bacterial incubators
  • refrigerated centrifuge
  • -20o and -80o freezers
  • refrigerators
  • NanoDrop spectrophotometer
  • UV transilluminator
  • gel photodocumentation system
  • water baths
  • balances
  • StepOne qPCR system capable of quantification of multiplexed PCR targets
  • LI-COR® Biosciences 4300 DNA Analysis system (using infrared fluorescent labels and high resolution electrophoresis for sequencing and other applications)
  • horizontal (mini and midi) and mini-vertical electrophoresis apparatus with two transfer blot systems

Histology Laboratory
(400 sq. ft.)

  • Olympus BH-2 fluorescence microscope with FITC and TxR filters
  • Olympus DP71 digital camera and Microsuite 5 software package
  • Reichert-Jung 2030 and a Leica RM2135 microtome and equipment for manipulating and embedding tissues

Cell Culture Laboratory
(215 sq. ft.)

  • 6’ laminar flow hood
  • 2 double cell culture incubators
  • refrigerator
  • liquid nitrogen storage for cells
  • Leica DMIL-inverted microscope
  • autoclave
  • -80oC chest freezer
  • fully programmable
  • Olympus IMT-2 fluorescence inverted microscope

Microbiology Laboratory
(400 sq. ft.)

  • anaerobic growth chambers
  • fully programmable autoclave
  • laminar flow and vented hoods
  • 2 thermocyclers
  • gel electrophoresis equipment
  • colony counters
  • oil-immersion and phase contrast microscopes
  • 6 growth chambers for growth at variable temperatures

Proteomics and Enzymology Laboratory
(200 sq ft)

  • Agarose
  • Li-COR
  • TD-20/20 Luminometer
  • PAG and Blot electrophoretic equipment
  • C-DiGit Chemiluminescent Western Blot Scanner

Analyte Laboratory
(200 sq. ft.)

  • Agilent 6890 – 5973N GC-MSD
  • Varian AA240FS Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
  • Shimadzu SCL-10A HPLC
  • Perkin Elmer Lamda 14 spectrophotometer

Field Plot
A mature field plot (7 years old), currently containing 70 varieties of Intermediate Wheat Grass (IWG), expandable up to 1 acre, is located on the main campus of Dordt College. A second plot with 4 replicates each of 4 top accessions from University of Minnesota and Land Institute breeding programs was also seeded on campus in the fall of 2017. The necessary field equipment (hoes, rakes, tapes, utility vehicle) is on hand.

Field Station
The Agricultural Stewardship Center consists of 8 buildings situated on 230 acres of land. Buildings include research facilities for agronomic research, educational spaces for hosting outreach events and teaching classes, as well as precision agriculture equipment storage and repair. New facilities are being added for animal husbandry, plant propagation, and nutrition analysis.

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