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BioStatistics Laboratory
Dental Materials Science Laboratory
:: Fig. 1 INSTRON
:: Fig. 2 LEITZ-Micro Hardness Tester with Leica DC Camera
:: Fig. 3 Surtronic 3+
:: Fig. 4 DX-100 Ion Chromatograph
:: Fig. 5 Water purification system
Oral BioSciences Laboratory
:: Fig. 6 GeneAmp® PCR System 9700, GeneAmp® PCR System 2700, RoboCycler 40 Temperature Cycler
:: Fig. 7 CHEF Mapper XA System
:: Fig. 8 ABI PRISM® 310 Genetic Analyzer
:: Fig. 9 Spiral Plater, Autoplate 4000
:: Fig. 10 Anaerobic chamber
:: Fig. 11 Multi-station 'Artificial Mouth' Culture System
:: Fig. 12 ATB Expression
:: Fig. 13 SpectraMax 340 Microplate Spectrophotometer
:: Fig. 14 TOA-DKK AF-100 ATP Analyzer
:: Fig. 15 PHILIPS XL30 CP Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Hard Tissue Laboratory
:: Fig. 16 Centrifuge, BECKMAN Avanti J-25I
:: Fig. 17 Ultracentrifuge, BECKMAN Optima XL-100K
:: Fig. 18 Microtome, LEICA RM2155
:: Fig. 19 Polycut E/ Ultramiller, Leica SM2500 E
::Fig. 20 Saw Microtome, Leica 1600
::Fig. 21 Ultramicrotome, Ultracut S, Leica
::Fig. 22 Leica Qwin Image Processing & Analysis Software, Version V2.6
::Fig. 23 Laboratory Based Computer Tomography Machine, uCT-20
:: Fig. 24 High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography Systems, WATERS

 



Fig. 7   CHEF Mapper XA System

CHEF Mapper XA System

Function/capability:

  • The ultimate tool of pulsed field gel electrophoresis
  • High resolution in the range of 100bp to 200kb
  • For strain typing-molecular epidemiology
  • RFLP & DNA fingerprinting

Related information sources: www.bio-rad.com


DENDRON® 3.0

Function/capability:

  • A Computer-Assisted System for Analyzing DNA Fingerprinting gels
  • For assessing the genetic relatedness of microorganisms in epidemiology studies

Related information sources: http://members.aol.com/Solltechnic/home/main.html

Research projects:

  • Genotyping of yeast isolated from Sjogren's Syndrome (Dr Katherine CM Leung)

Recent publications:

  • Leung WK, Yau JY, Cheung BP, Jin LJ, Zee KY, Lo EC, Samaranayake LP, Corbet EF. Oral colonisation by aerobic and facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative rods and yeast in Tibetans living in Lhasa. Arch Oral Biol. 2003 Feb;48(2):117-23.

Technicians responsible: Ms. Becky Cheung

 

  
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