Facilities
The Department supports Department of Biological Sciences Light Microscopy Facility. The facility houses state-of-the-art imaging resources. For a complete listing please click here.
Resources & Research Facilities
Shared Equipment
Shared equipment housed in the Department includes several refrigerated preparative centrifuges, two Beckman tabletop ultracentrifuges, two full-size ultracentrifuges, a , several gel documentation systems, a Kodak X-ray film processor, sonifier cell disrupter, Tecan Spark 10M plate reader, BioRad Chemi-Doc and two Nano Drops.
Temperature / Light Controlled Space
The Department is equipped with several constant temperature rooms rooms. Additional facilities include a Drosophila media kitchen. The department maintains several reach-in plant growth chambers. The facility also has two walk-in growth chambers and a roof-top greenhouse.
Research Greenhouse
The Life Sciences Center has state of the art research greenhouse space. This glass greenhouse has light, irrigation, temperature and humidity controls operated by Argus controllers.
Ecological Studies
For ecological studies, the glaciated terrain of New Hampshire and Vermont offers innumerable streams, ponds, bogs and extensive deciduous and coniferous forests. Alpine tundra and coastal habitats are within a 1-2 hour drive. Several areas owned by the college are available for teaching and research, including the Dartmouth College Grant, a 26,000-acre tract in northern New Hampshire. The nearby White Mountain National Forest and the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest are used extensively for teaching and research by Dartmouth faculty and students.
Other Dartmouth Resources
Additional facilities associated with the Department include, the Rippel Electron Microscope Facility equipped with both transmission and scanning electron microscopes. The Molecular Biology Core facility on campus provides oligonucleotide and oligopeptide synthesis as well as DNA and peptide sequencing services at reagent-cost pricing.
Other resources available at Dartmouth include the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries, the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.