The LCEG occupies approximately 900 sq. ft. in the Cultural Education Center (New York State Museum, Research Wing) on Albany's Empire State Plaza. The laboratory comprises two adjoining rooms: the primary laboratory (for nucleic acid extraction, PCR, and related protocols) and the secondary laboratory (freezer storage, gel electrophoresis, and microscopy).
Main Lab
> Center island with workspace with under-counter freezer and refrigerator for up to 4 researchers
> Ultrafilter for reagent-quality water and fume-hood
> Cell homogenizer for nucleic acid isolation from tissue samples
> DNA SpeedVac
> 2 MJ Research 'Dyad' PCR machines; 1 MJ Research 'Dyad Disciple' PCR Machine
Secondary Lab: equipped with the following:
large freezer and refrigerator storage (-80, -20, and 4 degree)
microscope workstations for identification, photography, and tissue dissection
agarose gel electrophoresis rigs with digital photographic documentation
Computing
The LCEG currently has the following phylogenetic software (for PC) available for genetic data editing and analysis:
Sequencher 4.2 for PC; PAUP* 4.0b10; NONA & PARANONA; WinClada
For more information, contact Jason Cryan, jcryan@mail.nysed.gov
