Facilities
EBIO houses and supports facilities available for use by faculty and students for research, as well as several highly funded facilities for ongoing research. Additionally, affiliations with other departments and institutes provide access to even more research facilities available to faculty of students of ²ÊÃñ±¦µä and its affiliates.
The National Science Foundation sponsored Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research program has been operating since 1990, investigating the high elevation subalpine and alpine ecosystems characteristic of the southern Rocky Mountains. Located in a subalpine forest ecosystem just below the Continental Divide near Nederland, CO. Niwot Ridge is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
EBIO supports and maintains three large greenhouses at 30th Street (East Campus) Macky Auditorium and Ramaley Biology. These state-of-the-art greenhouses are used for a variety of research and teaching activities.
Ramaley NB180 Confocal microscopy has the advantage over conventional optical microscopy of eliminating out-of-focus blur from images. This allows generating three-dimensional images of thick transparent specimens without the need for physical sectioning. The non-invasive nature of the technique allows its application even to living specimens. The EBIO Confocal Imaging Facility is equipped with a Leica TCS SP2 AOBS confocal microscope and is open to all members of the Boulder campus after appropriate training in its use. A charge of $20 per hour is applied to its use. The facility also possesses a Leica MZFLIII fluorescence stereomicroscope for sorting or orienting fluorescent specimens.
Located at 2900m (9500 ft) in the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies, the Mountain Research Station is an interdisciplinary facility of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research providing research and education opportunities for scientists, students, and the general public. Look for classes offered at the Mountain Research station in the EBIO Undergraduate Courses page.
The Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) develops scientific knowledge of physical and biogeochemical environmental processes at local, regional and global scales, and applies this knowledge to improve society's awareness and understanding of natural and anthropogenic environmental change.
Explore science at the source with extensive animal and plant collections at the CU Museum. See incredible specimens from around the globe, hear famous artists and noted scholars speak about their work, or enjoy a roundtable discussion at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.