Facilities

Swindells Hall

Swindells Hall, a 41,000 square-foot building completed in 1999, is the University's "interactive laboratory facility." It includes five biology teaching labs, faculty offices, a seminar room, dedicated research labs, a digital imaging lab, a tissue culture lab, a radioisotope suite, a cold room, a cadaver lab, two aquariums, greenhouses, a hazardous materials storage and handling room, and an environmental analysis room. Upper division laboratory resources include equipment for DNA amplification and analysis, cell fractionation, enzyme kinetics, immunoassays, ultracentrifugation, laminar flow hood, fluorescence microscopy, and gas chromatography.

Romanaggi Hall

Biology department facilities in Romanaggi Hall include four teaching laboratories, a lecture hall, faculty offices, and research space.