Our extensive facilities, both within the department and across the University, are among the finest available. Through University support and support awarded to individual researchers from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and American Cancer Society and many other agencies, the Department of Microbiology at Ohio State University provides the most modern technology for life-science research.Our department occupies 43,000 square feet in the Biological Sciences Building and in the new, multimillion dollar Riffe ![]() Other facilities available to researchers include electron microscopy and analytical services such as NMR, GC mass spectrometry, flow cytometry, and a variety of computing systems, ranging from personal computers to a Cray Y-MP/864supercomputer. Each laboratory in the department is linked through a campus-wide network to several mainframe computers permitting access to programs that include the Wisconsin GCG DNA sequence analysis program and the Lexis/Nexis search system. The College of Biological Sciences operates a Computational Biology Facility for studies on protein and nucleic acids structures. The University Libraries System at Ohio State University comprises over 36 individual libraries that in total hold over 4 million print volumes. Ohio State NEW: The Plant-Microbe Genomics Facility. This facility is to serve the entire Ohio State University as well as the researchers in the state of Ohio and beyond, by providing resources in order to study genomes from DNA sequence to protein expression. For more information go to the PMGF home page. In addition to the University’s exceptional resources, you will have access to Chemical Abstracts Service, which is located adjacent to the central campus. Its unsurpassed holdings are available to all Ohio State University students and faculty. Campus Facilities available to assist the research community at Ohio State.
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