Facilities
Our facilities are well-utilized in the courses we offer. Students gain expertise using a variety of field equipment and lab instrumentation.
- Eastern’s campus of 115 acres includes three lakes, wetlands and forest ecosystems which we use as a natural laboratory!
- Biology lab capabilities include PCR, DNA and protein gel electrophoresis, and gene cloning. Anatomy and physiology labs have hardware and software for data collection such as ECG and EMG.
- Cell biology tools include fluorescent microscopes with video enhancement capabilities, a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and laminar flow hoods for cell culture.
- Student research labs - for independent research projects in the areas of cellular and molecular biology, parasitology, and biochemistry.
- The Biology Place – A computer aided learning center and major’s lounge.
- Chemistry lab capabilities include computer-interfaced instrumentation: 300 MHz FT-NMR, GC-MS, HPLC, FPLC, AAS, FT-IR, DSC, and diode-array UV-Vis.
- Biokinetics lab capabilities include exercise science laboratory and AT facilities.
