Facilities


Facilities for INVAM at KU are located on The University of Kansas west campus. Facilities are shared with the Bever/Schultz lab, and include: Greenhouse and growth facilities; Laboratories for preparation, harvest, extraction of cultures, root staining and slide mounting; Microscopes and Imaging facilities for assessment and quantification of cultures, digitized images; Facilities for culture storage including cold and room temperature  areas; and Molecular Laboratory for DNA extraction and amplification, environmental sequencing.

  • Greenhouse: Growth and drying of cultures.
  • Laboratory: Preparation, harvest, extraction of cultures, root staining and slide mounting.
  • Storage: cold and room temperature storage areas.
  • Molecular Laboratory: DNA extraction and amplification, environmental sequencing
Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas - overhead view
Overhead view of KU Biological Survey Facilities