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Extra-Departmental
resources
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| Research in the Department
of Biological Sciences is enhanced by the very active research
programs in allied departments. Students in our programs often take
advantage of resources in those departments to pursue their research,
both the human resources of faculty willing to participate on advisory
committees and physical resources of the vast amount of specialized
equipment available in those departments. |
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The Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry have extensive facilities available
for cutting-edge research. The specialized research instrumentation
available includes:
- calorimetry
- chromatography
- stopped-flow and temperature-jump
kinetics
- nanosecond laser flash
photolysis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (including
an 800-MHz instrument)
- various types of spectrometry
(electron spin resonance, circular dichroism, X-ray diffraction,
infrared, laser fluorescence, atomic absorption spectroscopy)
- gas chromatography-mass
spectrometry
- Fourier transform/ion
cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry
- extensive molecular
modeling computer facilities
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Also located in the department
is a Center for Structural Biochemistry, which specializes in the
structural analysis of biological molecules (e.g biopolymers, peptides,
glycoproteins). In addition to a laser desorption mass spectrometer
and two 500-MHz and 600-MHz NMRÕs the center houses one of the few
tandem mass spectrometers located in academic institutions worldwide.
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| The Howard
Hughes Medical Investigator Suite houses the second 600- and the
800-MHz NMRs, used for high-dimensional studies of HIV proteins, metallobiomolecules,
and macromolecular interactions. |
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| The Albin
O. Kuhn Library provides computerized access to national databases
and to other libraries in the University System of Maryland, in addition
to its own extensive collection of scientific books and journals.
The Library also houses the Archives for the American
Society for Microbiology, Society
for Developmental Biology, Tissue Culture Association, American
Society for Cell Biology, International Union of Immunological
Societies, Society of Protozoologists,
American Type Culture Collection
and the American Association
of Immunologists. |
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