Facilities
Experimental Facilities
          NanoScope multimode scanning probe microscope with optical viewing systems from Digital Instruments
          Two four-channel surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors
          One eight-channel  surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor
          Auto 306 thermal evaporator from BOC Edward
          Facilities for wet chemistry, surface modification, biological assays, and organic/polymer synthesis
          Access to ToF-SIMS and XPS
          Access to tissue culture facility
          Access to animal facility
          Access to microscopy and image analysis
          Access to FTIR
          Access to gold film deposition           
          Access to field emission electron microscope, e-beam lithography, and conforcal microscopy      
          Books available for borrowing
Computational Facilities
          Hardware Resources:
                    16 node (Pentinum III 1.1 Ghz ) cluster
                    3 node OSCAR pilot cluster (Pentinum IV 2.2Ghz)
                      12 node (Pentinum IV 2.4Ghz) cluster (ordered)
                    4 SGI IRIX6.3 machines
                      An account on the 64 processor ladon cluster
                    In addition, each group member uses their own workstation (2.4-2.8 Ghz) for software development
                          & for small jobs
 
            Software Resources:
                    CHARMM Verision 30a1 for biomolecular simulations (script based)
                      JAGUAR (GUI) for ab initio quantum mechanics / force field development
                    POLYGRAF (GUI) for material simulations
                      CERIUSII 4.2 (GUI) for material simulations
                      INSIGHT II (GUI) for biomolecular simulations
                      BIOSURF and other in-house developed simulation software.