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The Midwestern University Core Facility houses state-of-the-art instrumentation that is available to any MWU faculty, staff, or student researcher. This shared equipment laboratory space is located in Science Hall on the Downers Grove campus. It is actively funded by Midwestern University to support research, foster collaborative projects, drive scientific innovation and engage our community by hosting STEM educational programs.
The Midwestern University Core Facility has a wide range of equipment, with strengths in histology, imaging, and molecular and analytical biology. Our histological processing instrumentation includes an automated tissue processor, embedding station, and microtome. Users have access
Nikon A1R Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
Nikon Eclipse Ti2-E Inverted Fluorescence Microscope
JEOL Scanning Electron Microscope
Artec Space Spider 3D Scanner
Beckman Coulter CytoFLEX Flow Cytometer
Amnis FlowSight Imaging Flow Cytometer
Bio-Rad S3e Cell Sorter
PerkinElmer EnSpire Plate Reader with TRF module
Eppendorf 5920R Refrigerated Centrifuge
Agilent 6420 Triple Quad LC/MS with 1260 Infinity Multisampler
IDEXX Catalyst One Blood Chemistry Analyzer
Agilent Seahorse XFe24 Cellular Metabolic Analyzer
Sakura Tissue-Tek VIP 5 Tissue Processor
Thermo Scientific Microm HM325 Rotary Microtome
Sakura Tissue-Tek TEC Paraffin Embedding Station
Bioseb Grip Strength Test
Panlab Mouse Rotarod
Dell XPS Data Analysis Workstation