Instrumentation

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Biotage® Selekt Automated Flash Purification System

Biotage® Selekt Automated Flash Purification System

Flash chromatography system equipped with an external evaporative light-scattering detector.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Synthesis and Formulation
Biotage® V-10 Touch Evaporator

Biotage® V-10 Touch Evaporator

Aqueous or organic solvent evaporator.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Synthesis and Formulation
Bruker Microflex LRF MALDI-TOF

Bruker Microflex LRF MALDI-TOF

Analysis of a broad range of compounds including small molecules, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, and synthetic polymers.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Characterization and Properties
Carbon M2 Printer

Carbon M2 3D Printer

State of the art 3D printer capable of creating “layerless” components with smooth external surfaces and solid cross-sectional areas of printed features via continuous liquid interface production technology (CLIP).
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
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Cellink BioX 3D Bioprinter

Bioprint a wide range of materials and cell types.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Synthesis and Formulation
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Cellink Lumen X DLP Printer

Digital light processing (DLP) printer for applications in microfluidics, cell-laden hydrogels, macroporous structures, and more.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Synthesis and Formulation
Chemspeed Robotic Polymer Synthesis Platform

Chemspeed Robotic Polymer Synthesis Platform

An automated robotic synthesis platform for the synthesis of a range of biomaterials.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Synthesis and Formulation
Formlabs Form 2 Printer

Formlabs Form2 SLA Printer

Liquid resin stereolithographic 3D printer.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Prelude X

Gyros Protein Technologies Prelude® X Peptide Synthesizer

Automated parallel syntheses of peptides, peptidomimetics, and peptide-polymer conjugates.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Synthesis and Formulation
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Gyros Protein Technologies Symphony® X Peptide Synthesizer

Automated high-throughput parallel syntheses of peptides, peptidomimetics, and peptide-polymer conjugates.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Synthesis and Formulation
High-Throughput Micro-Rheometer

High-Throughput Micro-Rheometer

A custom-built micro-rheology platform for the rapid analysis of material viscoelasticity.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Characterization and Properties
Freezer Dryer

Labconco FreeZone Benchtop Freeze Dryer

Material preservation through lyophilization.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Synthesis and Formulation
Living Biofoundry

Living Biofoundry

An automated platform for synthetic biology.
Institution
UC Los Angeles
Research Areas
Synthetic Biology
Microelectron Diffraction

Microelectron Diffraction (MicroED)

A state-of-the-art micro-ED system dedicated to characterization of biomaterials.
Institution
UC Los Angeles
Research Areas
Characterization and Properties
Mono1 DLP Printer

Mono1 DLP Printer

405nm light-driven projection printer.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Synthesis and Formulation
Mono3 DLP Printer

Mono3 DLP Printer

Multi-wavelength light-driven projection printer.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Synthesis and Formulation
Mono3Z2 Printer

Mono3Z2 Panchromatic Printer

Visible light printer with five LED sources for printing objects from 3D models.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Next Generation SAXS/WAXS System

Next Generation SAXS/WAXS System

A state-of-the-art X-ray system dedicated to characterization of biomaterials.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Characterization and Properties
Optics11 Pavone Multi-indenter

Optics11 Pavone Multi-indenter

A high-throughput mechanical characterization tool (modulus, adhesion, creep, stress relaxation).
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Characterization and Properties
Shimadzu Nexera Analytical HPLC-MS

Shimadzu Nexera Analytical HPLC-MS

Analytical HPLC system for the identification and quantification of complex mixtures.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Characterization and Properties
Synthesis and Formulation
Shimadzu Nexera Preparative HPLC-MS

Shimadzu Nexera Preparative HPLC-MS

Preparative Hybrid HPLC-MS for the automated purification of peptoids, peptides, oligomers, and small molecules.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Characterization and Properties
Synthesis and Formulation
SMaLL Object

Solution Mask Liquid Lithography (SMaLL) 3D printing system

A custom-built 3D printing system.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Stratasys F270 FDM Printer

Stratasys F270 FDM Printer

Fast and precise fused deposition modeling printer.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Stratasys Objet30

Stratasys Objet30 Pro Polyjet Printer

Versatile, high-accuracy polyjet printer.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Texture Technologies Texture Analyzer

Texture Technologies Texture Analyzer

Mechanical testing capabilities for soft materials.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Characterization and Properties
Ultimaker Printers

Ultimaker 3 Extended and Ultimaker S5 FDM Printers

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printers with dual print heads and heated build platforms.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Vapourtec R-Series Flow Chemistry Suite

Vapourtec R-Series Flow Chemistry System

A fully modular flow chemistry system.
Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Research Areas
Synthesis and Formulation