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The Investigational Clinical Microbiology Core (ICMC) and Biorepository are located within the Infectious Diseases assigned space in the Health Sciences Research Building, Room E-169. Major equipment includes a Thermo Fisher King Fisher DNA Extraction System, VITEK® 2 COMPACT Antibiotic susceptibility testing platform, Rotor-Gene Q & Bio-Rad CFX96 Real-Time PCR, PetriSwiss agar/media pourer and Proficlave stand-alone autoclave for automated petri plate prep, and access to Oxford Nanopore MinIon, Bactron Anaerobic Chamber, and Illumina MiSeq sequencers. Other equipment located in the lab are plate readers, plate shaking incubators, a Nanodrop Microdrop Spectrophotometer, a Stomacher 400, 3 Biological Safety Cabinets(BSC-II), plate shaking incubators, Several medium size microcentrifuges and tabletop centrifuges, Multiple Conventional PCR thermocyclers, Ultrapure water filtration system, -80°C and -20° C freezers, Plenty of water baths, CHEF DRII & CHEF Mapper PFGE systems, BioRad iCycler, Plate readers (Agilent BioTek 800 TS Absorbance Reader, Model: 800TSI), multiple balances, microwave, microbalance, a Spectrophotometer, a Gel Doc, and PCV clean work stations. Please email the ICMC for any questions or special requests.