Research Tools

New tools will be posted here as they become available

Gel Electrophoresis protein/DNA size calculator 03/22/98
Protein Properties Calculator 03/22/98
Oligonucleotide Properties Calculator 06/11/97
Primer Picking Tool (MIT Primer3 algorithm) 06/17/97
Prophet 5 statistical and DNA analysis software package 8/25/97


Core Facilities in the Medical School

There are five core facilities in the Medical School that are open to all members of the Northwestern University Community, and some to outside users as well. The Core Facilities are:

The Biotech Facility
The Cell Imaging Facility
Laser-Based Microscopy and Digital Imaging Facility
The Cell Sorting Facility
The Digital Darkroom
The Macromolecular Crystallography and Biochemical Computation Resource


Faculty Research Database

The Office of Research has purchased a one year subscription to the Community of Science (COS) faculty research database, grant information, and other on-line services. You can directly search for Northwestern Faculty by expertise.

A search page for all official Basic Science Faculty Web pages is also available on this server.


NUMS Basic Science Faculty Research Interest Search Page