The room is equipped with many power and computer outlets to allow the use of notebook computers. Classes often use this room for orientations before laboratories and for discussion and presentation after laboratory work. This is also a popular study area. The instrumentation room is a glass-walled area between the two chemistry laboratories. It contains a wide variety of equipment for measuring parameters of the chemicals used in the laboratories.
Equipment includes gas chromatographs, spectrophotometers, and analytical balances.
Although the room is easily accessible from either laboratory, it can also be entered from the hall. This is important for the student who would like to take measurements on her projects without disturbing classes in progress. Isolating the delicate and expensive equipment from the laboratories also reduces the possibility of damage. Students use this laboratory to examine the structure, function, and ecology of microbes, study classical and molecular genetics, and investigate immune system function. The room features many microscopes, computers, refrigerators and freezers, an incubator, and a water bath.