Facilities

The X-ray crystallography facility and its resources provide everything needed to carry out cutting edge, atomic resolution X-ray crystallographic analysis of macromolecules.

A suite of high-field instruments 3x600, 700, 800 and 900 MHz provide the state-of-the-art in solution and solid state NMR spectroscopy instrumentation.

State-of-the-art electron microscopy instrumentations and has full capability to carry out high resolution three-dimensional structural analysis of proteins, protein complexes, phages and viruses, macromolecular assemblies, cellular organelles, and bacterial cells.

The Structural Biology Department houses a 1200 sq. ft. suite to support protein expression and purification from different organisms, ranging from bacteria to mammalian cells.

The MBSB graduate program has access to instrumentation and facilities all over Pittsburgh due to the interdisciplinary nature of the program and the participation of faculty from different Departments and Universities.