Facilities

	Our laboratory is located in room 520 in the Bossone Research Enterprise center. We share lab space with Dr. Brad Layton and Dr. Minjun Kim, both of the mechanical engineering department.
	We have a tissue culture facility for study of vascular cells, primarily endothelial and smooth muscle cells. The tissue culture facility includes two incubators, a laminar flow hood, cryogenic cell storage, refrigerated centrifuge, Coulter counter, and a Nikon TS-100 phase contrast microscope.
	We have a variety of equipment to study molecular cell biology and biochemistry. This includes one-dimensional gel electrophoresis, Western blot, ELISA, and fluorescent microscopy.
	Shared facilities in Bossone: We have access to several fluorescent microscopes, plasma cleaner, atomic force microscope, gel imaging system, micro- and cryotome, spectrophotometer, and microplate reader.
	Drexel University Shared Facilities: These include confocal microscopy, rt-PCR, scanning and transmission electron microscopes, flow cytometry, and genomics.