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Facilities and Resources

facilities

The biomedical sciences department is housed in the Professional Building. All facilities are located in the Professional Building including laboratories, equipment and classrooms. Students are encouraged to participate in research not only in class, but also on their own. Laboratories and research equipment give students a place to implement what they have learned in a classroom setting using hands-on experiments. A unique characteristic of the department is that clinical work is required and encouraged. Some learning may take place off campus.

Teaching Laboratories

Cell biology laboratory includes a space for research and a prep room. This lab is equipped for 20 students to carry out techniques such as histological and immunofluorescent staining of cells, SDS-PAGE, and western blot analysis. Samples can be prepped and data can be generated in this wet lab area for analysis by microscopy.

Molecular biology laboratory can accommodate 20 students and is set up for molecular biology, molecular genetics, virology and recombinant DNA testing. This laboratory includes a wet lab area where samples can be prepped for analysis by microscopy. Other equipment available in this laboratory includes a spectrophotometer, UV transilluminator and a PCR thermocycler. Small equipment is also available for you to use in testing and research.

Student computer laboratory houses15 student-use computers connected to the Internet and specifically set-up for use by cell and molecular biology students. These computers are equipped with standard issue university software that includes the Microsoft Office Suite. A scanner and laser printer are also available for student use.

Teaching and research support laboratories

Tissue culture facilities are used as a common area and teaching facility. Equipment in this laboratory includes two laminar flow hoods for tissue culture maintenance, two CO2 incubators, for mammalian cell culture, an inverted phase contrast microscope, for observing cell cultures and a liquid nitrogen dewar, for long term storage of cells.

Animal Care facility, located in the Professional Building, Rooms 368 and 364 includes a standard animal facility, for small animal housing and handling. This facility is approved by Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). The two rooms have full capacity of 240 cages and provide flexibility to house both mice and rats for potential research and teaching purposes.
 
Common equipment room is available for your use as student researcher equipment in this room includes two -80oC freezers, three centrifuges, clinical, mid-speed, and ultra, and also pH meters and balances.

General research laboratories

There are several faculty research laboratories where undergraduate students have active and ongoing research projects taking place. Each contains specific equipment required for each research program. This equipment is shared and available to all faculty.

Major Equipment

Microscopy suite houses a number of microscopes for student use in research projects and biomedical course activities. Microscopes available in this research suite include:

  • Olympus BX60 system microscope
  • Olympus IX81 system microscope
  • Olympus IX70 system microscope

Biomolecular and nanomaterials characterization research takes place in several laboratories in the Professional Building common equipment laboratory, small equipment laboratory and/or Delong’s research laboratory. There are several key pieces of equipment available in these laboratories for biomolecular and nanomaterials characterization.

Other supporting equipment

On the first floor of Temple Hall an Electron Microscopy Laboratory (EML) is available for student use. The EML is a resource asset of the Biomedical Sciences Department, but is operated as an institutional resource center to meet the electron microscopy needs of faculty and students throughout the University. The facility is operated and supervised by Dr. Michael Craig, professor in the BMS department. The laboratory provides support services in the preparation of samples for the scanning electron microscope, Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), and the examination of specimens for SEM and energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis.

Dietetics

Professional Building, Room 417 houses a computer lab and workroom for dietetics students. This area is open every weekday. The computers have necessary nutrition software and tutorials to assist students in completing their course work.

Body composition laboratory

Professional Building, Room 419 houses the department’s new Lunar iDXA, BodPod machine and metabolic cart. Students can utilize these during in class activities or when conducting research. Supervision by a certified faculty member is required.

Anesthesia Simulation Suite

Missouri State School of Anesthesia incorporates a state of the art Simulation Suite into the clinical phase of the program. The HPS anesthesia Meti-man is an anesthesia simulator that provides a useful tool of clinical simulation to assist students to anticipate the physiological effects of interventions, as well as enhances critical thinking and decision making skills in patient care. It is a tool useful to improve patient safety and decrease human error. It is the only simulator available with the ability to provide respiratory gas exchange, anesthesia delivery and patient monitoring with real physiological clinical monitors.

Operating Room Theater

The operating room theater houses the simulator and has the look and feel of a real OR suite. A viewing room and control room allow for instruction and for students to assess their performance.

Helpful links

Cell and Molecular Biology

Pre-Health Professional Advisement Index

Clinical Laboratory Science

National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Dietetics

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Accredited Dietetic Internships

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

The Missouri Dietetic Association

Southwest Missouri Dietetic Association (SWMDA)

D&D Digital

Dietetic Internship Central Application Service (DICAS)

All Access Internships

Nurse Anesthesia

American Association of Nurse Anesthesia