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| Lawrence M. Witmer,
PhD
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WitmerLab
Facilities |
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Take a Virtual Reality Tour of the WitmerLab! |
We
often like to think of "WitmerLab" as a concept that
extends beyond facilities to involve people, approaches,
and ideas...but we also have a pretty sweet suite.
In June 2002, we moved into a state-of-the-art
new Life Sciences Building at OU. We worked closely with
the architects in designing the spaces, casework,
air-handling, and other facilities. WitmerLab is in a
suite shared with the labs of Audrone Biknevicius
, Steve Reilly
, and Don Miles
. A similar suite housing the labs of Pat
O'Connor
, Nancy
Stevens
,
and Susan Williams
is right down the hall.
(left) Aerial view of Ohio University's West Green, home to the Life Sciences Building (LSB; yellow box). Click photo to enlarge. (right) LSB at dawn. More detailed information on location can be found on the WitmerLab Google Map page .
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| Our main lab measures 900 square-feet and is a fully equipped wet lab with large chemical fume hood; Nikon stereomicroscope with fiber optic lights, camera lucida, and digital photomicrography setup; Zeiss compound microscope; photographic copy stand and other photo studio equipment; guitars; multiple high-performance computer workstations equipped for 3D visualization; a large collection of skull casts ; and extensive holdings of digital resources including hundreds of CT datasets, tens of thousands of digital photographs, and hundreds of hours of digital video. Click the image above or here to enlarge. |
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| Adjoining the main lab is an 1100 square-feet shared Vertebrate Preparation Lab consisting of a large central area for anatomical preparation; a huge commercial canopy hood over a large stainless-steel sink/counter area; a large chemical fume hood; a walk-in freezer; a walk-in dermestid beetle colony (for skeletal preparation); air-compressor; chest freezer and two upright refrigerators; band saw, chain saw and other dissecting instruments; DeWalt tile saw for osteohistology; hypobaric injection chamber; and several bench areas. It is a full wet lab, with special air-handling. Click the image above or here to enlarge. |
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| Also adjoining the main lab is a 345 square-feet shared Vertebrate Collection Storage Room with cabinets and shelves for storage of anatomical specimens, all of which are accessioned into the Ohio University Vertebrate Collections (OUVC), a registered natural history collection. The Collections Room also contains a conference table for lab meetings and specimen study; two 4-panel light boxes for viewing old x-ray films; a high-performance computer workstations equipped for 3D visualization; and a specimen curation computer. Click the image above or here to enlarge. |
Main Lab
Vertebrate Preparation Lab
Vertebrate Collections Room
Ohio University MicroCT Scanning Facility
Panoramic photography and virtual reality courtesy of Joshua Armstrong.
| Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Irvine Hall, Athens, Ohio 45701 740-593-2530 740-597-2778 fax |
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Last updated:11/19/2015