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- Constructed in 1991 especially for biomedical research.
- 80 Modern Research Laboratories
- Teaching Laboratories
- Administrative Areas
- Lecture Rooms
- A Library Area
- Extensive Animal Quarters
- Bioexpression
and Fermentation Plant Containing
- Two (2) 400-Liter Fermenters
- A 100-Liter Fermenter
- A 30-Liter "Seed" Fermenter
- Equipment for Harvesting and Processing Kilogram Quantities
of Bacteria
- A Centralized Computer Network Linking all of the Laboratories
to the Internet
- Molecular Graphics Terminals
- State-of-the-Art X-ray Crystallographic Equipment
- Two 600 MHz NMR Spectrometers
- State-of-the-Art Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Facilities
- A Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometer
- Analytical Ultracentrifuge
- An EPR Spectrometer
- A Picosecond Fluorescence Spectrometer
- A Rapid-Scanning Stopped-Flow Spectrometer
- A CD Spectrometer
- Xenopus Oocyte Microinjection System
- A Wide Variety of Microscopes, Spectrometers and Other Laboratory
Equipment
- Each Floor is Provided with Dark Rooms, Tissue Culture Rooms,
Cold Rooms, Dishwashing Equipment and Autoclaves
The
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC)
The CCRC occupies an approximately 140,000 sq.ft. building specifically designed for the interdisciplinary and equipment-intensive nature of carbohydrate science. It is organized to optimize cooperation and collaboration among disciplines (biomedical glycoscience, plant and microbial glycoscience, synthetic and analytical chemistry), as well as to foster analytical service and training, both within the CCRC and with scientists elsewhere.
This state-of-the-art facility contains 32 1,200 sq.ft. research laboratories; a 260-seat auditorium; a 1,600 sq.ft. teaching laboratory; multiple rooms for chromatography; and specialized rooms for synthetic chemistry, mass spectrometry, and NMR spectroscopy. The CCRC also contains facilities designed for plant and animal cell culture, an animal holding facility, a computer center and specialized computer graphic facilities, a library, and rooms to house shared equipment. The building also contains a state-of-the-art fiber optic network. The CCRC's 4,000-sq.ft. greenhouse is located nearby.
The CCRC NMR facility has three high-field NMR spectrometers (300-, 500-, and 600-MHz), fully equipped for biomolecular studies of liquids and solids. In addition, the GRA- UGA 800-MHz NMR facility is located in the CCRC building. This facility is supported by the Georgia Research Alliance and the University of Georgia and is a regional resource for high-field NMR studies of biological macromolecules. The CCRC recently accepted delivery of a Varian Unity Inova 900-MHz spectrometer, making the CCRC one of the first institutions world-wide to receive this state-of-the-art spectrometer. This instrument is the centerpiece of the Southeast Collaboratory for Biomolecular NMR and is funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and the Georgia Research Alliance.
The Varian Unity Inova 900-MHz NMR Spectrometer
The Mass Spectrometry facility houses two Micromass Q-TOF 2 electrospray ionization mass; a ThermoFinnigan LCQ; a ThermoFinnigan LCQ Advantage; two ThermoFinnigan LTQ; a ThermoFinnigan LTQ-FT; HP 2025 MALDI-TOF mass; Applied Biosystems 4700 Proteomics Analyzer (TOF/TOF); Applied Biosystems Voyager DE-Pro (MALDI-TOF); as well as three HP GC-MSD mass spectrometers.
The Computational Laboratory at the CCRC is equipped with three computer clusters: a 128 CPU 32-bit HPC system (HP Proliant series with ultra low latency Myrinet Interconnects, based on dual Xeon P4 3.06 GHz, 1GB nodes), a 16 CPU 64-bit HPC system (HP RX2600 series with ultra low latency Myrinet Interconnects, based on dual Itanium 2 1.3 GHz, 2GB nodes) and a 16 node Grid system for code and hardware optimization (comprised of a mixture single and dual Xeon P4 nodes). Data storage in the Computational Laboratory is provided by two 2 TB fileserver (RAID 10) with data protection enhanced by a 100 TB auto-loading tape backup system. Both Unix (SGI Octane) and Linux (HP xw4100) workstations are employed for molecular visualization and support a variety of software packages. All computer clusters and servers are located onsite and housed in a climate controlled server room. The workstations are located in a dedicated user laboratory, which is augmented by the necessary peripheral devices, including printers, CD/DVD writers and scanners.
Research Support Facilities Available
in other locations include
- The Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- A High-Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope
- Three Transmission Microscopes
- Edax
- Freeze-Etch
- A Confocal Light Microscope
- Other Ancillary Support Equipment
- The Computer Center
- Silicon Graphics Altix 3700 HPC
- IBM p655 High Performance Computer
- Rackable Linux Cluster of Opterons (rcluster)
- Network Appliance FAS960c Storage Network
- Network Appliance NearStore R200 Storage Network
- SAS Server: Dual processor AMD Opteron node
Other Facilities
- Office
of Research Services
- Research Computing
Resources
- The Science Library: approximately 850,000 volumes of the total
University holding of more than 2.7 million volumes, is conveniently located in
a wing of the nearby Graduate Studies Building and occupies about
100,000 square feet in four floors of stacks, reading rooms, carrels
and study areas.
- Greenhouses and Plant Growth Chambers are also Available for
Plant Biochemistry Research
- UGA's Marine Research Stations at Sapelo
and Skidaway Islands on the Georgia Coast
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