Dr. Chuan River Xiao and Dr. Ricardo Bernal
share the same laboratary.

Major Instruments:  
X-ray Rigaku MicroMax 007 X-ray Generator
R-AXIS IV detector
CryoEM JOEL 3200FS cryo-Transmission electron microscopy
Will be installed in 2011
Lab Instruments:  
X-ray crystallography:  
Robot Cartesian Honeybee protein crystallization robot
LightMicroscope Leica MZ16 Bench-top Light Microscope
Cryo-EM Sample preparation  
PlasmaCleaner Fishione M1020 Plasma Cleaner
Plunger Gatan CP3 cryo-EM plunger
CarbonCoater , Emitech K950X Turbo Evaporator and Glow Discharge system
GlowDischarger Ted Pella PELCO easiGlow Glow Discharge system
Sonicator Water Bath Sonicator
Spectrometry  
DynamicLightScattering Malvern Nano-S Dynamic Light Scattering Spectrometer
Plate Reader BMG SPETROstar Nano Plate Reader
UV Spectrometer Beckman Coulter DU 730 UV Spectrometer
Cell Culture  
Hood Nuaire 4 Ft. Type A2 Biosafety Cabinet
CO2incubator Nuaire NU-5510 DHD Autoflow Air-jacketed CO2 incubator with sterility cycle
Nikon Inverted Microscope Nikon TS100 Inverted Microscope
AutoClave Sanyo MLS Portable Top-Loading Autoclave
BigShaker New Brunswick Scientific 12 x 2L flask shaker incubator
Refrigerator_Freezer 4C refrigerator, -20C and -80C freezers
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  
Robot GE AKTA purifier (Chromatography Protein purification system)
Experion BioRad Experion Automated Electrophoresis System
GelImagingSystem AlphaImager Mini System
PCR Techne PCR TC-512 Thermo-Cycler
Centrifuges Beckman Optima L-90Kultracentrifuge
Beckman Avanti JE high speed centrifuge
Benchtop Centrifuges Beckman Coulter Allegra X-15R Centrifuge
Microcentrifuge Beckman Microfuge 18 Centrifuge
Water Millipore Elix-10 Gradient water purification system
Miele dishwasher
Balances Balances
WaterBath Water Bath
LightBox Gel Viewing Light Box
Bench Relocatable Lab Benches