Facilities

Offices and laboratories of Biosystems Atlanta are located at  1535-H Oak Industrial Lane, PO Box 3222, Cumming, GA 30028-6517 Telephones: 770 886-6911, 404  664-4622, Toll-free Nationwide 877 886-6911, or Fax: 770 886-7474.

Animal House

At present, an animal house (500 sq. ft. floor space) with heating and air-conditioning in the laboratory complex of Biosystems houses the current population of small laboratory animals. Additional stainless steel cages and room to house and multiply experimental animal populations are available as a particular project may require. Resources are also available on site to construct exclusive, high-security, animal facilities of almost any size, if required.

Greenhouse

A 3,000 square feet greenhouse with automated lighting, heating, humidity and watering systems is available in close proximity the site. Two environmental chambers with temperature, humidity and light controls are available on site.

Laboratories

Eight laboratories of Biosystems occupy a space of approx. 5,000 square feet and are equipped to carry out most investigations in the areas of biological and chemical sciences, including bacteriology, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, entomology, genetics, immunology, industrial hygiene, microbiology, molecular biology, mycology, toxicology, virology and zoology.

Major instrumentation includes laminar biological and chemical safety cabinets, walk-in and bench-top incubators, autoclaves, ambient and refrigerated centrifuges, light phase contrast and inverted microscopes, atomic absorption (AA) furnace, gas chromatography (GC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns and associated detection equipment, homogenizers, refrigerators, freezers, liquid nitrogen freezers, ovens, spectrophotometers (AA, Vis, UV, IR, MS), balances, ion-specific cum-pH meters, water baths, automatic glassware washers, soil, air and water samplers. Equipment and instrumentation are also available to provide high quality de-ionized and high purity, sterile, pyrogen-free distilled water on a continuous basis. 

A walk-in clean room,  walk-in incubation room, walk-in refrigeration room, an animal house, a greenhouse, a darkroom for photography, a library and a computer room are ancillary facilities.

Library

Literature search facilities are available in the laboratory library, which subscribes to prominent scientific journals of disciplinary interest. On-line computerized searches are available through our in-house IBM computer connected to the Internet. In addition, extensive library facilities of neighboring institutions, such as Atlanta University, Centers for Disease Control, Emory University, Fernbank Science Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, Mercer University, Morehouse School of Medicine, University of Georgia and Yerkes Primate Research Center are also available within convenient distances. Our scientists maintain active collaborations with their peers at many of these institutions as well as other local scientific and engineering organizations.  Professional exchanges in the form of local, national and international meetings, conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops are also available to our staff and consultants.

Information Systems

Apple, Compaq, Digital and IBM computers with data processing, word processing and programming capabilities are available in the office and are utilized for information management, including data analysis, report preparation and report submission. A local area network [LAN] unifies and integrates computer systems together. In addition, we have capability to network via internet with any work station almost anywhere in the world via high speed DSL modems.

Pilot Plant

A 400-liter fermenter with automated process controls is available for contract fermentation of bacteria, fungi and preparation of mammalian cells. Usually, a 10-12 week notice is needed to reserve a production run. In addition, two bench-type fermenters (5-liter and 22-liter) with process controls are also available in our laboratories. Facilities are also available for growing, harvesting, concentrating and sonicating of cells as well as for the extraction, purification and characterization of macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins and enzymes. In addition, pilot-plant manufacturing, including formulation, packaging and labeling is also available for most biological products.

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