transmission and scanning electron microscopes
epifluorescence microscope
tissue culture facilities for microbiological, animal, and plant cells
PCR thermocycler and other molecular biology apparatus
microplate reader; centrifuges
portable photosynthesis and transpiration measurement system
liquid-phase respiration system; gas chromatograph
NEW greenhouse
walk-in environmental chambers
The department also houses a arthropod reference collection of more
than 70,000 specimens; vertebrate reference collection of fish, amphibians,
reptiles, birds, and mammals; and herbarium consisting of more than
75,000 specimens collected throughout North America featuring vascular
plant species found in the eastern Texas Pineywoods. Other resources
on campus include the R.W. Steen Library containing 1,400,000 holdings
and the Science Research Center. Numerous areas in eastern Texas are
also available for establishment of field sites for ecological studies
(SFA Experimental Forest; Davy Crockett, Angelina and Sabine National
Forests; numerous area lakes and streams).
