The Coulter Department offers a range of facilities allowing our faculty, students and collaborators to advance the boundaries of biomedical engineering research.
U.A. Whitaker Building The $23 million U.A. Whitaker Building is home to the Coulter Department on the Georgia Tech campus. The 99,822-square-foot facility anchors the biotechnology corridor at Georgia Tech and provides administrative offices, classrooms and laboratories for the department. Research facilities highlights include:
2FS fluorescence microscope with quadnocular head and the highest light-gathering capability of any 20x microscope lens
Unique continuous flow system that uses a parallel plate flow chamber to mimic venous, arterial or disturbed flow effects on human cells for up to 72 hours
Postural perturbation device, EMG system, and 8-camera motion capture system
Coulter counter, flow cytometer, bioanalyzer, biolevitator, large “reach-in" incubator, real-time PCR.
PCR DNA amplifier
IBB The Parker Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) was created to facilitate interdisciplinary research in bioengineering and the biosciences. The atrium-style building is adjacent to the Whitaker Building and houses a number of offices and labs for Coulter Department faculty. Core facilities include:
Bruker Pharmascan 7T with 7 Tesla superconducting magnet
Beckman Coulter L7-55 Ultracentrifuge
Zeiss LSM 510 UV Confocal and Zeiss LSM 510 VIS Confocal Microscopes
Zeiss 510 NLO Confocal
Zeiss 700-405
Leica Cryostat and a Microm Cryo-Star HM 560MV Cryostat
Nikon E600 and Q-Imaging System
BD FACS Aria Cell Sorter and BD LSR II Flow Cytometer
Heart Simulator and 3-D Flow Imaging Systems
Aortic Valve Organ Culture Systems
Emory University The Woodruff Memorial Research Building, on Emory's campus, houses administrative offices, faculty offices and laboratories for the Coulter Department. Research facilities include:
Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T whole-body MR - best homogeneity, gradients and RF system – 8 fast channels, iPAT compatible
Bruker BioSpec® 94/20, 9.4 Telsa MRI
Bruka 7 Telsa Primate Scanner
1.5T and 3.0T clinical MRI scanners
4.7T Varian Inova Contrast agent development lab
Random Positioning Machine to expose cells to simulated microgravity conditions
State-of-the-art MR/PET scanner that simultaneously collects PET and MRI images. The scanner is one of only four worldwide, one of only two in the U.S.
Emory School of Medicine and Research Centers The Emory University School of Medicine brings a wealth of research resources to the Coulter Department. Research facilities include:
Rollins Research Center
Winship Cancer Institute
Vaccine Research Center
Whitehead Memorial Research Building
The Georgia State/Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging
3-Tesla Siemens Trio MRI equipped with a 12 channel headcoil for rapid parallel imaging of the brain.
