UTSW Laboratories

A $3.5 million upgrade of research space and facilities gives BE students direct access to excellent facilities in the Department of Surgery for cell culture, analytical instrumentation and experimental animal surgery resources. BE students and faculty interact on a regular basis a wide range of sophisticated instrumentation in a number of basic and clinical sciences laboratories. Among these are: Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, Cardiology, Cardiopulmonary/Internal Medicine, Cell Biology, General and Cardiovascular Surgery, Genomics, Physiology, Pathology, Radiology, and Urology.

Related laboratories in Orthopedics are located in the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The Laser Surgery group at the Baylor Research Foundation (Dallas) also welcomes BE students. Other facilities are available at local industries.

Students have access to an excellent set of electron and optical microscopes, including laser confocal microscopy and scanning force microscopy. Lab equipment in the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development and the Human Genome Center includes banks of automated sequencers, imaging stations, custom robotics, Biomek robots, confocal microscope, fluorescence activated cell sorter, atomic force microscope, standard biological apparatus (ultracentrifuges, thermal cyclers, etc.). The Molecular Cardiology Laboratory is fully equipped for studies of the molecular biology of eukaryotic cells. Additional space is available for dedicated tissue culture studies of the growth and characterization of recombinant viruses.