Instrumentation & Service Facilities

Iowa State University houses several state-of-the art facilities that are accessible to industry on a fee-for-service or project basis.

Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC)

VRAC is an interdisciplinary research center whose primary focus is developing computer interfaces that integrate virtual environments, wireless networking, pervasive computing and third generation user interface devices to amplify the creativity and productivity of people. Research facilities at VRAC assist companies address a diverse range of challenging problems, spanning science, engineering, and the humanities.

Service Facilities

State-of-the-art instrumentation is available to faculty and industry alike at the following facilities. Equipment lists and price rates are available at the link above.

• Animal Gene Transfer Facility
• Atomic Force Microscopy
• Cell Facility
• Chemical Instrumentation Facility
• Confocal Microscopy Facility
• Crop Products Pilot Plant
• DNA Sequencing and Synthesis Facility
• Environmental Engineering Research Laboratory
• Fermentation Facility
• Gene Chip Facility
• Grain Quality Laboratory
• Human Metabolic Unit
• Hybridoma Facility
• Image Analysis Facility
• Materials Analysis and Research Laboratory
• Materials Preparation Center
• W.M. Keck Metabolomics Research Laboratory
• MicroArray Facility
• W. M. Keck Laboratory for the Fabrication of Microminiaturized Analytical Instrumentation (Keck Lab) of the Institute for Combinatorial Discovery
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
• Plant Transformation Facility
• Protein Facility
• Proteomics Facility
• Sensory Evaluation Unit