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Core Facilities

Texas Natural Science Center
With many facilities at the J.J. Pickle research campus in North Austin, TNSC is home to some of the most extensive collections of invertebrate and vertebrate fossils and natural history collections in the country. A high-resolution X-ray CT (Computed Tomography) scanner is available at the Vertebrate Paleontology Lab.

Plant Resources Center
The Plant Resources Center (TEX-LL) with over 1,000,000 specimens is the largest herbarium in the southwestern United States and ranks fifth among U.S. university herbaria and twelfth across the nation. TEX-LL, with about a quarter of its specimens from Texas, has the largest holdings of Texas plants in the world. Nearly one half of the specimens at TEX-LL are from Latin America, with an especially strong representation of Mexico and northern Central America. Presently the number of vascular plant collections inserted in the herbarium is growing at an approximate rate of 16,400 specimens per year

UTEX Culture Collection of Algae
The Culture Collection includes approximately 3,000 different strains of living algae, representing most major algal taxa. The primary function of UTEX is to provide algal cultures at modest cost to a user community. Cultures in the Collection are used for research, teaching, biotechnology development, and various other projects throughout the world.

Texas Materials Institute/Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology

  • Electron Microscopy
  • Polymer Characterization
  • X-ray Scattering
  • Surface Analysis
  • Scanning Probe Microscopy
  • Nano Fabrication and Testing
  • Specialized Central Facilities
  • Materials Physics Laboratory

Imaging Research Center

Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology

ICMB Core Research Facilities

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry Shops and Services

Patterson Microscopy Center

Texas Institute for Drug and Diagnostics Development

 

 

 
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