Ultracentrifuges, scintillation counters, high pressure liquid chromatography, fluorometers, gel scanners, lyophilizers, densitometers, spectrophotometers, microscopes, mass spectrometers, cell culture facilities, darkrooms, coldrooms, and environmental chambers.

Many multi-user labs are available on-campus. In addition to these hosts, a wide variety of other computers are owned by specific units at UVM. Most are connected to the campus network and the global Internet, and can be accessed through microcomputers in the Marsh Life Science building. The university has agreements with Apple Computer, Dell Computer, Digital Equipment Corporation and IBM that allow students to purchase microcomputers at a substantial discount.

The University libraries hold extensive collections of books and journals in the life sciences. Organismal biology is concentrated in the central Bailey-Howe Library, whereas molecular, cellular, and physiological disciplines are held in the Dana Medical Library. For highly specialized purposes, the inter-library loan service provides efficient access for materials not held at UVM.

Biology has primary responsibility for the Zadock Thompson Zoological Collections, currently in Blundell House on the Redstone campus. The Zoological Collections, in conjunction with the Pringle Herbarium administered by the Department of Plant Biology, represent the major natural history repository for the state of Vermont. The vertebrate collections include ~4,000 specimens, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, as well as an historic bird egg collection from the early 20^th century. The invertebrate collection contains over 300,000 insects, spiders, mollusk shells and other invertebrates. Many of our recently restored mammal and bird mounts are on display in the Benedict Auditorium entranceway, between Marsh Life Science and the Hills building.

Zadock Thompson Zoological Collections

The University owns several natural areas that have been designated for teaching and research. The natural beauty of Vermont can be reached within minutes of leaving Burlington; nearby field sites in wetlands, in ponds or streams, and in secondary-growth forest make UVM an ideal place to conduct ecological research.

UVM Natural Areas