Lab Facilities

The Howell Lab moved into newly renovated lab space on the third floor of the University Wing at The Hospital for Sick Children in September 2002. The lab consists of facilities for wet biochemistry, crystallization and data collection and a dry lab for computational analysis.

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Wet Lab

The wet lab is equipped with facilities for protein expression, purification and characterization.

Crystallization and Data collection Facility

(a) The crystallization facility is a temperature controlled room with separate incubators for crystallizations at 4°C, 16°C and 22°C.

(b) The X-ray facility consists of an R-Axis IV++, Rigaku RUH3R rotating anode generator with Osmic optics and an X-stream cryosystem for data collection at 100K.

Dry Lab

The dry lab has L-shaped desks and workstations for each individual in the lab. Two separate smaller rooms provide more private space for senior members of the Lab.