Resources and Facilities

The Program in Molecular Medicine occupies an 80,000 square foot building in the Biotechnology Park, located on the campus of the Medical School. The Program is equipped with the most modern instrumentation available for biomedical research. Students, research fellows, and faculty have access to facilities established for the common use of all academic departments, in addition to resources located within the Program.

The Medical School provides research support facilities for peptide synthesis, nucleic acid synthesis, genotyping, DNA sequencing, digital imaging, recombinant DNA technology, viral research, electron microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (300 and 500 MHz), X-ray crystallography, molecular modeling, tissue culture, fluorescence-activated cell sorting, submicron-particle sizing, monoclonal antibody production, radioimmunoassay, and generation of transgenic and gene-ablated animals. There is also a central animal care facility set up in accordance with NIH guidelines. All of the above facilities are available to the Medical School research community.

The Computing Center provides access to mainframe and microcomputers that are equipped with a comprehensive selection of packages for Molecular Medicine, programming, imaging, mathematics, statistics, graphics, and text-processing. Biostatisticians provide support for statistical and mathematical analysis of biologic data. Electronics and machine shops offer the design, construction, repair, and servicing of instrumentation.

The Lamar Soutter Library, named for the Medical School's founding dean, is the leading source of biomedical information in New England with a book collection of over 225,000 volumes. It offers state-of-the-art facilities for electronic journals on-line, conducting on-line computerized literature searches, computer-assisted instruction networks, and audiovisual and microfilm materials. An extensive PC network supports an upgraded e-mail system available to all students as well as Internet access.

The X-ray crystallography facility, BSL-3, viral research laboratory, digital imaging laboratory and the DNA sequencing and genotyping facility are located within the Program. The Program also houses a semi-automated cell microinjection facility. All facilities offer state-of-the-art technology and are directed by faculty with unique expertise in their respective fields.