Facilities

Beach Hall

The first floor of Beach Hall holds the Biobehavioral Lab's 1,300-square-foot wet laboratory, amply equipped with two biosafety hoods, three high-speed centrifuges, a fully automated QiaCube Connect for nucleic acid extraction, an Ella machine for automated ELISA assays, and several other high tech pieces of equipment, as well as three large -80 freezers for sample storage.

Waterbury Campus

The BBL now has designated research space on the Waterbury campus on the third floor of the Oddfellows Building. The space consists of two rooms (~10ft X 12ft each). One room is designed for behavioral data collection (e.g., interviews, surveys, individual behavioral tasks). The second room is designated for physical exams and biological sample collection, preprocessing, and temporary -20C and room temperature storage. The room is equipped with a vital sign monitor, blood draw chair, centrifuge, -20C freezer, pipettes, and supplies.

Arjona Building

Arjona

The first floor of Arjona Hall holds the Biobehavioral Lab's clinical research center. There are two private rooms for participant data collection, including: interview, biobehavioral and physical assessment, bio-sample collection, and intervention distribution.

The BBL collaborates with the Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP) to conduct quantitative sensory testing (QST) for pain management research.