Biological Facilities and Equipment:
Prof. Cady directly operates a 2,000 sq. ft. biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) laboratory which houses 30°C & 37°C incubators (both CO2 and non-CO2 equipped), -80 and -20 freezers, +4°C refrigerators, chemical solvents and acid fume hoods, a Class II/A2 biological safety cabinet, Nikon 80i epifluorescence microscope with a cooled QICam CCD camera, Leica SP5 confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM), Nikon dissecting/stereomicroscope, two (2) Fisherbrand inverted phase contrast microscopes, Veeco Bioscope Catalyst atomic force microscope (AFM), Tecan M200 microplate fluorometer/luminometer with UV/VIS spectrophotometer capability, BioRad real-time PCR thermocycler, BioRad Protean II gel electrophoresis equipment, BioRad Versa Doc fluorescence/luminescence/bright field documentation system, centrifuges, autoclave, Nanodrop ND1000 UV-Vis spectrophotometer and ND3300 fluorometer, Malvern Nano-ZS dynamic light scattering (DLS)/zeta potential instrument, Akta FPLC system, multiple KD scientific and Harvard Apparatus syringe pumps, and all other general laboratory equipment needed for cell growth and maintenance, protein chemistry and biochemical analysis in the proposed research. The labs are equipped with a humidity controlled Nano eNabler (NeN) QPL instrument (Bioforce Nanosciences) for cell and molecular printing installed next to cell incubators and fluorescent microscopes. In addition, to the described biological laboratories, the PI’s can utilize existing facilities at CNSE including all available metrology, surface analytical tools and electron/visual microscopy.
Nanofabrication Facilities and Equipment:
As faculty of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Dr. Cady has full access to the CNSE NanoTech complex that includes the most advanced 200mm/300mm wafer facilities in the academic world, with over 60,000 square feet of Class 1 cleanrooms equipped with 300mm wafer processing tools. The complex incorporates state-of-the-art, R&D and prototype manufacturing infrastructure for nano/microelectronics, nanophotonics and optoelectronics, and nano/micro systems (MEMS) technology and nanobiology. CNSE has a full suite of metrology tools including electron microscopes (TEM/SEM), light microscopes, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopes and other surface analysis and microscopy tools.
University at Albany Facilities:
The proximity of the CNSE NanoTech complex to the University at Albany main campus (10 min walk) and the downtown Albany area (10-15 min drive) where the School of Public Health (Wadsworth Center) is located give access to a range of other shared facilities and equipment within the SUNY school system. The life-sciences facilities are located on the University at Albany main campus and encompass 194,000 square-feet with 28 laboratories and biological core facilities.
