The Ross Lab at UPEI is located on campus in the Duffy Science Centre.
The laboratory is divided into three spaces: (i) a containment level 2 lab for human cell culture in DSC-109, (ii) a clean molecular biology lab suitable for DNA and RNA work in DSC-113, and (iii) a space in DSC-108 for bacterial work and protein biochemistry. We also have storage space and shared equipment elsewhere in the DSC.
The lab is equipped for human cell culture, fluorescent imaging (EVOS FLoid), lentivirus vector gene delivery, and gene expression analyses, and we have access to high resolution microscopy on campus. Since joining the Biology Department, Dr. Ross has also worked with Department Chairs to update our departmental research infrastructure, which now includes new equipment for quantitative PCR (Bio-Rad CFX96), nucleic acid quantification (NanoDrop One spectrophotometer), luminescent/fluorescent sample analysis (Biotek Synergy2 plate reader), and western blotting (BioRad ChemiDoc MP imaging system); we also updated our equipment for liquid handling, centrifugation, and cold storage.