Biology Department at Texas State University

Departmental Resources

Map of Texas State
Virtual tour of Biology Facilities (on campus)
Floor plans for Biology Facilities

Buildings
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Supple
Freeman
Aquarena

Field Sites
Biology Owned or Controlled:

Private lands with Biology access:

Capital Equipment Associated Faculty - please note that there is not a one-one correlation between faculty and equipment

IMF Imaging Lab	Joe Koke Dana García	JEOL 1200 TEM and necessary ancillary equipment, darkroom facilities Olympus FV1000 laser scanning confocal system, seven lasers, DIC, simultaneous scanning capability, FRET, FRAP, FLIP, and more. Olympus IX-70 inverted microscope with DIC, epifluorescence capability, digital camera Zeiss phase contrast universal system, digital camera
Genomics Lab	Mike Forstner Chris Nice	Beckman Automated Sequencer and Robot Various PCR and related equipment High-speed 10 node supercomputing cluster (Xgrid), easily expanded
Cell and Molecular, Developmental, Microbiology	Nihal Dharmasiri Dana García Joe Koke Robert McLean Gary Aron Dittmar Hahn Francis Horne	Full array of incubators (including walk-ins), growth chambers (plant), arabidopsis facility PCR, gel electrophoresis, centrifuges (prep and ultra), all routine lab equipment Autoclaves, dishwashers, ultracold and -25C freezers, separate micro store and prep room Preparative isoelectric focusing, SDS PAGE equipment Gel imaging equipment Epifluorescence microscopes with digital cameras Spectrophotomers, gas chromatographs, atomic absorption spectrophotometer
Field Biolgy, Ecology Aquatic Resources, Aquatic Biology	Tim Bonner Alan Groeger David Huffman Glen Longley Weston Nowlin Walter Rast Vicente Lopes	Fleet of boats, including an air-boat, trailers, and related equipment Trucks and 4-wheel drive vehicles Aging fleet of vans Nikon fluorescence microscope with digital camera High quality dissecting microscopes All routine water related field equipment Water Quality analysis equipment Spectrophotometer, HPLC
Wildlife Ecology, Zoology, Botany, Paleobotany-Climatolgy, Ecology, Population & Conservation Biology, Evolution, Behavioral Ecology	John Baccus Clay Green Francis Rose David Lemke Paula Williamson Gary Upchurch Randy Simpson Floyd Weckerly Mike Forstner James Ott Caitlin Gabor Chris Nice Michael Huston Susan Schwinning	Field observation equipment - cameras, binoculars, telescopes, etc. GIS portables and work stations (two, one in Freeman and one in Supple) Two large format (42") printers suitable for posters and maps, work well with Google Earth Large wet lab in Freeman with gravity flow spring water 12 large outdoor tanks for tropical fish culture - amazon mollies Greenhouse, plus a new modern research greenhouse to begin construction fall 06