The Botany and Zoology Departments support the Electron Microscopy Center and its technical staff. The Center is housed in the Biological Sciences Building and includes four transmission electron microscopes, two scanning electron microscopes, and an EDAX X-ray analysis unit plus necessary ancillary equipment. Access to the Electron Microscopy Center facilities is available to qualified individuals and courses providing instruction in the theory and operation of the equipment are offered. The main unit of the University's Animal Care Facilities is housed in the Biological Sciences Building. Two animal rooms are designated for the study of class 1 and class 2 agents of infectious disease.
Technical staff are available to assist and supervise animal care.
Access to instrumentation laboratory facilities is without charge to qualified individuals. The Brill Science Library, located in the west wing of Hughes Laboratories, contains the University's collections in science and mathematics. National and international journals pertinent to the field of study are available, in addition to innumerable graduate student study carrels. The library provides computer terminal access to the holdings of other Miami libraries and to the holdings of libraries throughout the United States, in addition to computerized literature search services.