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About the CBER

Analytical services provided by the Center for Biomedical and Environmental Research at Youngstown State University were initiated in 1986 as a result of funding from an Academic Challenge Grant from the Ohio Board of Regents. The primary mission of the laboratory is to promote and support faculty and graduate student research, and to develop and participate in basic and applied cooperative research projects with area hospitals, government agencies, and local industries.

With its exceptional facilities and resources, the Center for Biomedical and Environmental Research can provide analytical recommendations and expertise needed to support a large variety of research and development efforts. The facility is operated by Dr. Bruce Levison, who is available to assist in research.

The primary Analytical Laboratory is housed in Ward Beecher Science Hall, Room 4041on the main campus of Youngstown State University.

For more information contact the Laboratory at (330) 742-3578 or the Manager (330) 742-2455 or the Department of Biological Sciences (330) 742-3601; FAX (330) 742-1483.

Instrumentation

Analytical
-Gas Chromatograph
-HPLC
-Mass Spectrometer
-X-ray Diffraction
-NMR Spectrometer
-Infrared Spectrometer
-Elemental Analyzer

Biomedical
-Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) preparation equipment including gold sputter coater, liquid nitrogen containment and storage, photographic laboratory
-Gel Electrophoresis
-Tissue Culture Chambers
-Laminar Flow Hoods

Typical Analyses

Biomedical
-Nucleic acid analyses: Northern and Southern blotting, PCR
-Protein analyses: peptide mapping, Western blotting, SDS-PAGE, IEF/2-D gel electrophoresis
-Immunological analyses: ELISA, Immunoblotting
-Quantitative analyses: Catecholamines in brain tissue, amino acids, lipids
-Drug stability research

Industrial
-Investigation of ferric chloride etchant regeneration
-Characterization of metal finishing plating bath additives
-Characterization of hazardous wastes using SW-846 protocol

Environmental
-Brownfields site assessment: analysis of PCBs and PAHs
-Waste water analysis for PCBs
-Pesticide concentration: aquatic and terrestrial systems
-Metal analysis
-Thermal analysis
-Chromatographic separations: HPLC, GC/MS

CBER Scientists
*Linked scientists are faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences

David K. Asch, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center, 1991. Gene control in eukaryotic cells: PCR, Southern blots, enzyme assay.

Jeffrey C. Dick, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1992. Geophysics and hydrogeology, engineering geology.

Diana L. Fagan, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 1986. Immunology, microbiology: flow cytometry, ELISA, cell culture, hybridoma preparation.

Renee L. Falconer, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1994. Environmental and analytical chemistry of organic pollutants.

Laurie S. Garton, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1997. Environmental engineering, particle dynamics in natural systems.

Allen D. Hunter, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1985. Structural studies by x-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy.

Allen M. Jacobs, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1967. Contaminant transport and environmental geology.

Thomas D. Kim, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1993. Biochemical pharmacology of cellular messenger systems.

Robert E. Leipheimer, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1981. Hormone-neurotransmitter interactions with focus on reproductive neuroendocrinology.

Bruce S. Levison, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1986. Organic chemistry: Manager, Center for Biomedical and Environmental Research

Johanna K. Krontiris-Litowitz, Ph.D., Cleveland State University, 1984. Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology: neural control mechanisms.

Heather Lorimer, Ph.D., Columbia University, 1992. Genetics, virology: mechanisms of DNA replication focusing on mitochondrial DNA.

Scott C. Martin, Ph.D., Clarkson University, 1984. Environmental engineering, pollutant modeling.

Howard Metee, Ph.D., University of Alberta-Calgary (Canada), 1964. Physical chemistry: chemical behavior of molecules.

James H. Mike, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1986. Analytical and biochemistry: chromatographic analysis of environmentally and biologically important molecules.

Daryl W. Mincey, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1979. Analytical and environmental chemistry.

Michael A. Serra, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1990. Biochemistry: degradation of proteins by free radicals.

Jeffrey A. Smiley, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1991. Biochemistry: genetic engineering and molecular biology techniques.

John D. Usis, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1990. Environmental impacts on natural biological communities, especially wetlands.

Timothy R. Wagner, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1986. Inorganic chemistry: characterization of crystalline solids by x-ray diffraction techniques.

Gary Walker, Ph.D., Wayne State University, 1984. Molecular processes underlying cellular growth and development: electron microscopy, electrophoresis, and western blots.

Mark D. Womble, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1983. Neuropharmacology and neurophysiology of the brain.

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