>> Now you just need a list from some biologists. But I don't think two of them agree on anything! <<
Chuckle. Chemicals got to his brain. Forgive him.
I'm about four years out of date, but some of these are fundamental. Also, I've never done microarrays, HTS, etc.
I'd have a bunch of class II biosafety cabinets, Baker or NuAire. Forma incubators.
Centrifuges (Sorvall, Eppendorf), Microscopes (largely inverted, Nikon, also Zeiss). Ultralow freezers (Forma, NuAire). Liquid nitrogen freezers too, but I can't remember manufacturer's names.
Flow cytometry (BD Immunocytometry), sorters and expendables.
Plate readers (Molecular Devices), Beckman counters, a Biacore unit (but I understand that there are inexpensive alternatives now).
Like TD, I'd also have a good budget open with VWR, Fisher and Sigma, but it would be dwarfed by that with BD Biosciences (PharMingen/Clonetech), Stratagene, and (third place, so don't get too excited) InVitrogen. Gibco (LTEK, now also InVitrogen) would get tons of my media expense together with other vendors.
PCR.... MJ Research, suppliers too numerous to mention (many listed above). Huge budget slice for Qiagen.
Plastics.... Corning, Falcon (again BD), Nalge. Tons of money spent here, but they're low margin business??
Jackson Labs and Charles River Labs for mice.
Shakers. Lots and lots of shakers.
I've left out a ton. Certain that I would have, even if I were still working near a lab. |
