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The Center for Biotechnology at Duquesne University promotes the innovative  development and application of biotechnology through an interdisciplinary, coordinated research effort across the University. It provides an impetus for connectivity while increasing interactions between the research faculty and both other research universities and the biomedical industry stressing translational as well as basic research.
The Center for Biotechnology is an interdisciplinary organization of faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students from the Mylan School of Pharmacy, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, and the Rangos School of Health Sciences. The Center brings together the various scientific disciplines to stimulate applied research and the translation of basic science into technology which can be turned into applications and products through technology transfer or entrepreneurial efforts. Priorities for the Center for Biotechnology include: increasing connectivity both within and outside of Duquesne University, providing collaborative research programs and grant proposals, providing seminars and educational programs supporting translational science, and the improvement of core infrastructure. Specific areas of interest include; devices and diagnostics, drug discovery, drug delivery, gene therapy, bioremediation, bioinformatics, microbial engineering, analytical methods, pharmaceutics, compliance, and rehabilitation.
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Modern laboratories of research faculty associated with the Center for Biotechnology, equipped with state-of-the art instrumentation, are located within the Duquesne University campus, comprising more than 15,000 square feet of combined laboratory space.
Among the facilities relevant to the Center are high-tech laboratories and cell culture facilities for molecular and cellular components that provide all necessary equipment for culture and analysis of anaerobes and biochemical and molecular techniques, such as anaerobic chambers, thermocyclers, superspeed- and ultracentrifuges, ultralow freezers, DNA analyzers, spectrophotometers, and electrophoresis units.
A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facility includes a 500 MHz and two 300 NMR spectrometers. Other major spectroscopy equipment are single crystal and powder X-ray diffractometers, ICP mass-spectrometers and a great number of other state-of-the-art spectroscopy and separation instruments. Two imaging facilities equipped with a Nikon Eclipse E600 epifluorescence light microscope, Hitachi S-510 scanning and a Phillips 201 transmission electron microscope are available. Projects focusing on computational analysis take advantage of a supercomputing facility that includes a IBM RISC System/600 SP supercomputer model 3A8.
A pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratory equipped with spray dryer, fluid bed dryer and various tablet presses supports research in drug delivery projects. The fully equipped, computerized Kristen McMaster Human Movement Laboratory serves research in muscle coactivation and replacement surgery for the knee. A Psychophysics Laboratory serves research in neurobiology and other specialized facilities are dedicated to neurological tissue studies, RNA/DNA isolation, and human anatomy.
For additional information contact:
Alan W. Seadler Ph.D.
Edward V. Fritzky Chair in Biotechnology Leadership
Director, Center for Biotechnology
421 Health Sciences Building
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh , PA 15282
Telephone 412.396.1568
Fax 412.396.5176
email: seadlera@duq.edu
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