Facilities
The Neurological Biomaterials and Therapeutics (Neuro-BAT) Laboratory is located in the U.A. Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Building on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Both the Neuro-BAT laboratory and the department (IBB Core Facilities) are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for imaging, tissue culture, animal surgery, and histology.
Imaging
Zeiss Axiovert 200M inverted microscope with fluorescence
attachment and fully motorized/mechanical stage (3D) and Optronics Magnafire CE
digital camera 2.5x-100x oil or dry lens objectives Flurorescent, phase, and
bright field Zeiss Axiovert 200 inverted microscope with SmartCam JE3762DSP
camera
5x-40x objectives Nikon TMS inverted microscope 10x-40x objectives
Tissue Culture
Two Thermo Forma Class II laminar flow hoods
4 Heraeus Hera copper lined cell incubators
Dissection
Leica dissection microscope
Electrophysiological Recording
16-channel Plexon Inc RECORDER system
- Simultaneous extracellular multiple single-unit and local field potential (LFP) recording, in vivo
- 16 wideband channel preamplifier w/ 2-pole low-cut and 4-pole high-cut filter (3Hz-8kHz, 1000-x gain [s/n:320])
- 16 channel commutator with harwin connectors for chronic, awake recording
- NI A/D subsystem (1.25 MS/sec, 12-bit res.)
- Recorder Neural Data Acquisition software
- Offline Sorter software