Department Facilities

The Department of Physiology is housed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors of the Interdisciplinary Research Building (IRB), a modern, well-equipped facility that opened in 2004. Spacious main laboratories include built-in desks, high ceilings, and large windows. Benches, shelving, and storage is fully mobile and user configurable. Labs have numerous gas, air, and vacuum lines, ample electrical outlets, and multiple phone and ethernet ports.

In addition, labs are equipped with large support rooms with fume hoods and chemical storage areas. The building maintains a fully equipped animal facility under supervision from Laboratory Animal Services and includes a barrier facility and rooms for chronic instrumentation.

Common Space

1.  Break room with refrigerator, microwave oven, sink
2.  Darkroom with X-ray processor
3.  Dedicated ultra-low temperature freezer room
4. Small Conference Room
5.  Three interaction areas with dry erase boards
6.  Walk-in -20 C cold room
7.  Walk-in 4 C cold room
8.  Washroom with dishwasher, autoclave and drying oven

Common Equipment

1.  BioTek Synergy Multimode Plate Reader
2.  Cepheid Smartcycler - 4 x 16 well blocks
3.  Fixed and swinging bucket centrifuges
4.  Gamma Counter
5.  LiCor Odyssey Infrared Imager
6.  Molecular Devices Typhoon Phospho-imager
7.  Refrigerated Cryostat
8.  Speed-Vac
9.  Ultracentrifuge
10.  Copier
11.  Fax machine
12.  HP Poster printer (42")

Conference Room 2109 Interdisciplinary Research Building, Phase II

Conference room is located in the Life Sciences Business Development Center at Medical College of Georgia and must be scheduled through the Office of Innovation Commercialization (706-721-0153).  

Facility:

1.  Ceiling mounted LCD projector
2.  7' ceiling mounted remote control projection screen
3. Podium computer running Windows XP Professional - (The system is networked and comes equipped with a CD-ROM, podium video connection for laptop computers and wired and wireless pointing devices
4. Touch Screen Control System
5. Two 4' white boards
6. One 7' white board

Capabilities:

1.  Video Conferencing
2.  Standard telephone Teleconferencing

The standard layout of the room has 20 chairs with movable tables in a configuration suitable for meetings, classes, or small seminars. Alternative layouts with seating up to 50 people are possible. The responsible party will ensure that the room is returned to the standard configuration after use.

The seminar room includes a kitchenette with a sink, refrigerator, microwave oven, and counter space suitable for refreshments or light meals. As a courtesy to others, users are expected to clean the area after each use.

 

Department Small Conference Room 3131 Interdisciplinary Research Building, Phase II

Conference room is located in the Department of Physiology and can be scheduled through Melanie Gee (706-721-7742).

Facility:

1. Sharp 70" Aquos Board with Touch Pen and Eraser
2. Apple Mac mini, Windows and Mac compatible
3. Logitech C920s HD Pro Webcam
4. LCD projector with laptop cables with ceiling mounted projection screen
5. Overhead Projector
6. Slide (35mm) projector
7. 10 foot whiteboard

Room Layout: The standard layout of the room has 16 chairs with movable tables in a configuration suitable for meetings or classes. Alternative layouts with seating up to 30 people are possible, but not recommended. The responsible party will ensure that the room is returned to the standard configuration after use.

As a courtesy to others, users are expected to clean the area after each use.