Donation from Mallincrodt Pharmaceuticals

a high performance liquid chromatograph

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, located in Webster Groves, Missouri, has donated a High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) to UIS.

An HPLC allows scientists to separate the complex mixtures of compounds to purify, identify and quantify them.

“For example, using size-exclusion chromatography, students will be able to separate proteins in a mixture,” said Dr. Stephen R. Johnson.

“Having an HPLC at UIS will absolutely improve students’ education in any chemistry field,” Dr. Johnson said, “especially in biochemistry and bioanalytical chemistry.” Johnson said students in clinical laboratory science will also learn to use the instrument to help familiarize them with techniques that they will encounter in medical laboratories.

Kelly Pressler, Senior Analytical Chemist at Mallinckrodt, organized the donation to help the next generation of chemists prepare for their careers.

Thank you, Kelly, and thank you as well to your colleagues at Mallinckrodt!

  • The HPLC being presented to UIS faculty
  • two men shaking hands over the donation of the HPLC

Instruments

All of these are available for research and classroom use.

  • a scanning probe microscope, with a rotating tray for samples
    Veeco diInnova Scanning Probe Microscope
  • an X-ray Diffractometer
    RigakuMSC MiniFlex+ Powder X-ray Diffractometer
  • a gas chromatograph an da mass spectrometer
    Varian Saturn 2000 GC-MSMS Gas Chromatograph – Mass Spectrometer
  • a spectrophotometer with an integrating sphere
    Cary 100 Bio UV-Vis Spectrophotometer with Integrating Sphere
  • an atomic absorption spectrometer
    Varian AA240FS Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
  • a spectrometer next to a desktop computer
    Anasazi EFT-60 NMR Spectrometer
  • an FT-IR spectrometer
    Shimadzu IRAffinity-1 FT-IR Spectrometer
  • a UV/Visible spectrophotometer
    Thermo Evolution Array UV/Visible Spectrophotometer
  • a multievaporator, with 12 vials and a beaker that pipes to some sort of reader
    Buchi Syncore Multievaporator
  • a UV-Visible microplate reader with a panel and screen on the front
    ThermoScientific Multiskan Go – UV-Visible Microplate Reader
  • a fluorescence spectrometer
    Agilent Cary Eclipse Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
  • Shimadzu GC-17A Gas Chromatograph/FID (2)
  • Shimadzu LC-10 with fluorescence detector
  • Sorvall RC-2B Centrifuge
  • Beckman Optima TL Ultracentrifuge
  • Eppendorf 5810R Ultracentrifuge
  • Gamry PHE 200/Gamry Interface 1000 Electrochemical Stations
  • Virtes Benchtop 3L Freeze Dryer
  • YSI Conductivity Apparatus
  • Programmable muffle furnace
  • Hydraulic press
  • Buchi Rotary evaporators (2)
  • Handheld UV lamps
  • TI Graphing calculators, CBL units, and probes
  • Spectrophotometers – Genesys, Spec 70’s & 20’s
  • pH Meters
  • Analytical Balances
  • 14 solid state model kits

Science Division

  • 20 Vernier LabPro and sensors for chemistry,
    biology, water quality, nuclear radiation,
    and physics
  • 20 Dell laptops