The Institute maintains Core facilities for use by all Institute investigators.
Facilities are open by arrangement for use by other members of the biomedical research community.
Six interconnected man-rated chambers capable of simulating altitudes to 80,000 ft. and ocean depths to 2,000 ft. of sea water. Includes life support systems for extended residence in saturation exposures. Mechanical and electronic instrumentation shops for maintenance of hyperbaric chamber systems and for maintenance, repair, modification and construction of research equipment. Transmission electron microscopy including dedicated equipment for thick, thin and cryosections and autoradiography. General biochemical laboratory including spectrophotometers, spectrofluorometers, super speed and ultracentrifuges, scintillation and gamma spectrometers, protein electrophoresis equipment, high pressure liquid chromatograph, and densitometric and radioactivity scanners.