About the Norman Lab
The Norman Lab is located
on the University of South Carolina (USC) campus in Columbia, South
Carolina. We are located on the
fifth floor of the Public Health Research Center Building (PHRC).
The laboratory overlooks
the city of Columbia and sections of the USC campus.
It is located in the modern “Green” PHRC building which houses state
of the art genomic and confocal imaging equipment for cutting edge
environmental research.
The laboratory is composed
of a 1400 sq. ft. Biosafety Level II certified research facility and an
additional laboratory for specialized RNA isolation and gene
expression studies. The main
laboratory has two adjacent office spaces for graduate students, Post-Docs,
and lab personnel and houses our Apple bioinformatics computer cluster.
We have complete facilities for metagenomic and metatranscriptomic
studies of complex microbial communities/biofilm culturing/microbial
antibiotic resistance research.
The laboratory is fully
equipped for microbial community analysis, including bioinformatics computer
cluster, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), Pulsed-Filed Gel
Electrophoresis (PFGE), Gradient Thermal Cycler, Electroporator, incubators,
peristaltic pumps and flow cells for biofilm culturing, U.V. and non-U.V.
gel imaging systems, and fume and biological hoods.
The lab also maintains field equipment at the Gerace Marine
Biological Center located on San Salvador, Bahamas.
The Norman Laboratory is also adjacent to departmental equipment such as walk in cold rooms and autoclaves. We are also located adjacent to the state of the art USC genomics facility which houses a Roche 454 FLX genome analyzer, ABI 3730 DNA sequencer, Affymetrix microarray system, Real-time PCR, DNA Hydroshear, and a confocal microscope