Core Facilities
The facilities highlighted on this page are only a partial list of services and equipment available to ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ researchers and students. See the ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ Medical Center’s for a more extensive list.
Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics
A $40-million, five-story building that contains state-of-the art research facilities, classrooms, and teaching laboratories. Goergen Hall is also home to several departments and organizations, including the:
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Institute of Optics founded in 1829, the Institute of Optics was the first optics education program in the nation
- : a multi-university, multi-hospital research center investigating the use of high frequency sound waves in medical diagnoses and therapy
- : helps faculty members commercialize their research and innovations
Biomechanical Testing Lab
The biomedical testing lab provides facilities for testing the strength and functional performance of biological tissues and other materials used in biomedical applications.
Microscopy Lab
This laboratory provides general facilities for microscopic imaging of tissues, cells, and intracellular structures. Each microscope is equipped with video-capture systems to allow investigation of cellular motion and adhesion, which are critical in the interface between cells and their environments.
These facilities may be used in cell and tissue engineering courses, biomedical microscopy courses, and other specialized graduate courses.
High Content Imaging Core User Facility
Located at 228 Goergen Hall, the High Content Imaging Core User Facility houses a state-of-the art Andor Dragonfly Spinning Disc Confocal microscope system for high speed, live sample imaging. Training and access are provided to students and researchers alike, as well as expert advice for developing experimental protocols and sample preparation for use on this instrument.
Cell Culture Lab
This laboratory provides facilities for culturing cells and tissues as a basis for learning about cell function or developing cell-based therapies for tissue repair and replacement. Laminar flow hoods provide sterile conditions for culture procedures.
BME Undergraduate Educational Lab
The undergraduate educational laboratory is used to support undergraduate education throughout the BME curriculum. Undergraduates start using this laboratory in BME 101: Intro to Biomedical Engineering, and continue to use this lab to learn how to make measurements, use equipment typically found in biomedical research and industrial environments, build instrumentation, and observe physiological systems in action.
UR Nano
The , or UR Nano consists of a 1,000 square-foot metrology (measurement) facility and a 2,000 square-foot, cleanroom fabrication facility.
The nanosystem facilities at the ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ are unique because they allow for the production of high temperature nanomaterials and incorporate the University's expertise in optics and optical device technology.
Rettner Hall
Located in the Wilson Quadrangle, the three-story, 18,900-square-foot building features an where students can build project prototypes, a multipurpose learning studio, group study areas, and exhibit space for students to display their projects.
The building also contains sound and video recording studios, high-end computers, and 3-D printers, which represent the latest manufacturing technique to convert digital design software into actual models.
Electron Microscopy Shared Resource Laboratory
The for the ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ is adjacent to Goergen Hall in the Wilmot Building. The facility serves the entire academic campus as well as some ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ Medical Center activities.
Ultrasound Lab
The laboratories are advancing the use of ultrasound in clinical diagnosis and discovering new therapeutic applications of ultrasound in medicine and biology.