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The facility houses state of the art and legacy equipment including four confocal microscopes, 3D Palm super-resolution, an environmental SEM, a complete set of tissue sectioning instruments, a gene gun, a fluidics robot, fluorescence microscopes, a luminescence dark box, a macro imager and 3D image analysis software. All training is free of charge. All resources can be booked online by the hour, with expert assistance available at no extra charge during business hours.
CNAS Science News
March 24, 2026
How plants stop growing to survive stress
A UCR researcher worked years into retirement to uncover the biology behind plants' response to environmental stress. Her dedication could help us all.
March 18, 2026
Key Alzheimer’s proteins are competing inside brain cells
New UC Riverside-led research suggests Alzheimer’s arises not simply from plaques forming in the brain, as is widely believed, but from one protein interfering with the normal job of another
March 16, 2026
Coastal ocean chemistry now substantially shaped by humans
UC Riverside-led study found no places in the ocean completely untouched by human chemical impacts
February 19, 2026
Water is bed bugs’ kryptonite
New research has, for the first time, identified one thing that bed bugs seem to fear -- water and wet surfaces.