A multi-million dollar radiation biological laboratory has been initiated at Prairie View A&M University with advanced state-of-the-art equipment including Confocal Microscope and faster computing clusters through a Texas A&M University System-wide campaign called – Chancellor’s Research Initiative (CRI).
We study radiation damage at cell level from various radiation particles simulating space radiation environment with high energy protons (few MeV to several GeV) as well as heavy ions (such as C, N, O, Si, and Fe with few MeV energy) at Brookhaven National Labs (BNL) and analyze the radiation-induced damage both through experimental studies and model calculations.
Below is the list of equipment available in our laboratory.
Premier Imaging Systems
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a cytogenetic technique that uses fluorescent probes that bind to only those parts of the chromosome with a high degree of sequence complementarity
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) Automated Microscope
- Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
 The Leica Cytovision F.I.S.H. System |
 The Leica TCS SP8 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope With Live Cell Imaging |
 The Leica DM IL LED Inverted Microscope |
Innovative X-Ray and Dosimetry
 Flaxitron’s MultiRad350kV X-Ray Irradiation System |
 |
 |
Advanced Culturing Equipment
 Thomas Scientific Protector Xstream Laboratory Hood 4ft.(115V/60Hz/10A) |
 Thermo Scientific Forma Steri-Cult CO2 incubators (115v/60Hz/11.5A) |
Cell Storage Options
 Fisher Scientific 72cu.Ft. Refrigerator for cell Culture items and chemical Storage (W52in. x L32in. x H78in)(115v/60Hz) |
 Thermo Scientific Jewett High-Performance-30lab Freezer |
 Forma 88000Series -86 c Upright Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers-Model 88500A 19.4cu.ft.(115v/60Hz/16A/5-20plug)(W32.4in. x H78in. x D37.6in.) |
Scientific Computational Equipment
 Computing Clusters: MicroArray (Left) PSSC (Right) |
 |
Equipment Setup
Below links will take you through the setup phase of our equipment’s