Three NDSU’s research laboratories are scheduled to host concurrent open house sessions Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Everyone is invited to tour the labs, watch demonstrations of key equipment and enjoy refreshments. 

The facilities are available to NDSU scientists for research, data analysis, consultations and teaching purposes.

The Core Biology Facility, in Quentin Burdick Building 316 and 354, was established in 2003 with funding from the National Institutes of Health and operated by the Center for Protease Research. The manager is Tao Wang, research assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, who joined the center in April 2011.

The Mass Spectrometry Facility is located in Dunbar 160. It is a new addition to the NDSU Core Labs and provides access to cutting-edge technologies in mass analysis. Angel Ugrinov, senior scientist in chemistry and biochemistry, and Ganesh Balasubramanian, research scientist in chemistry and biochemistry, manage the facility, which offers routine mass spectrometry services such as molecular weight determination of small synthetic molecules, polymers, proteins and can perform a variety of omics. The spectrometer also has tissue-imaging capability.

The Core Synthesis and Analytical Services Facility, in Dunbar 156, another Center for Protease Research lab, was started in 2008. Balasubramanian manages the facility.

Wang, Balasubramanian, and Ugrinov will be available to provide tours and answer questions. They also will conduct demonstrations of some equipment during the open house.