Events Calendar

Join us to learn about and engage with an array of campus research service providers this summer. While you are thinking about writing articles and grant proposals or thinking up new programs, it's also a good time to refresh our memories about campus services that may enhance those research and scholarly activities.

Each service unit will provide a five- to ten-minute recorded video highlighting their services. This recording will be provided approximately one week ahead of a 30-minute Q&A session via Zoom.

Electron Spin Resonance Facility (Wednesday, July 8 @ 10-10:30am)

The ESR Facility addresses research at the interface of free radical biology and medicine. We provide the expertise and instrumentation to pursue research questions dealing with oxygen free radicals, singlet oxygen, nitric oxide and the array of related oxidants and antioxidants that influence the overall redox environment of cells, tissues, and whole organisms. Our goal is to advance the fundamental understanding of free radical biology to improve human health through innovative approaches in the prevention and treatment of disease. Example services include: 1) EPR spectroscopy to detect free radicals, directly or with spin trapping approaches or redox active transition metals, e.g. Fe3+ and Cu2+; 2) Sievers NOA280i for the detection of footprints of nitric oxide, e.g. nitrite and nitrate; 3) Clark Electrode for the detection of oxygen uptake by chemical, biochemical, and cellular systems; 4) Seahorse XF96 to quantitatively determine (and dissect) rates of production of ATP by cells; 5) Quantitative assays for a wide range of species, e.g. vitamin C, superoxide, GPx4, and other species of interest in the field of redox biology. 
Presenters: Garry Buettner, Director and Brett Wagner, Senior Research Assistant