Facilities

Departmental Facilities

Program faculty on the Stony Brook University campus are located in a complex formed by the Life Sciences Building, Centers for Molecular Medicine (CMM) and the Health Sciences Center.

Molecular facilities provide for analysis of protein and DNA biochemistry, including microsequencing, peptide mapping, synthesis of oligonucleotides and peptides, cellular transfection, and production of transgenic animals. Wide-ranging facilities for cellular and integrative electrophysiology exist for studies on dissociated neurons, brain slice preparations, neurons in situ, and genetically engineered cells in culture. Imaging facilities permit anatomical reconstruction, fluorescence measurements, and the use of ion-sensitive indicators on both conventional and confocal microscopes. An image analysis core is linked to a newly developed scanning and transmission electron microscopy facility.  

University Facilities

Outside of the department, there are also facilities on East and West campus.  Division of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR) provides veterinary medical care animal husbandry support.  The Renaissance School of Medicine Research Core Facilities include the Central Microscopy Imaging Center (C-MIC), Research Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Genomics Core Facility, and the Biological Mass Spectrometry Shared Resource.