Parfitt Lab Facilities and Equipment:

The Parfitt laboratory is equipped for both research and teaching, allowing students to develop and perform electrophysiological, behavioral, and biochemical experiments to explore a wide range of current topics in neuroscience.

Facility:

Address:
- Richard C. Seaver Biology Building
  Rooms 207 and 208
  175 West Sixth Street
  Claremont, CA 91711
Location:
- Sixth Street and Harvard Avenue, just west of the Seaver South building.
- View the location on the Campus Map by selecting Seaver Biology Building on the ‘Building Finder’ drop-down menu.
About the Richard C. Seaver Biology Building:
- Completed in January 2005
- Silver-certified by the The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System
- Excellence in Design award from the City of Claremont
- Sustainability Award from the Los Angeles Business Council
- For more information see Biology Department Facilities and News@Pomona.

Equipment and facilities include:

One standard patch clamp/intracellular/extracellular electrophysiology rig with an Axoclamp 2B amplifier, Brownlee amplifier, Axon instruments signal isolation units, National Instruments A to D/D to A hardware, and Labview data acquisition and analysis software.
Seven intracellular/extracellular electrophysiology rigs with Dagan IX1 amplifiers and Powerlab (AD Instruments) interfaces, used with Powerlab Scope and Chart programs.
Microcentrifuges, balances, plate reader, etc. for doing biochemical assays.
Hippocampal dissection equipment.
A Morris water maze with HVS Image computerized tracking system.
Access to Drosophila facilities and a confocal microscope.
AAALAC-approved animal care facility available in the Biology department.