FACILITIES OF THE KOHN LAB

 
 
 
Over 5,000 square feet of our laboratory facilities and state-of-the-art equipment are housed in the Life Sciences Building at Rutgers University, Busch Campus in Piscataway, New Jersey.

We are located in the heart of the high-powered Boston-to-Washington metropolitan corridor arguably the economic and cultural capital of the world, and a global biotechnology hub and only one hour from Newark Liberty International Airport and New York City. Our lab spaces include:

  • Polymer Synthesis and Scale-up Facility – 600 sq. ft. used for the design, synthesis, and kilo-scale-up of polymers.  Resource for increasing the batch size of polymers for medical applications; melt and solution polymerization techniques; reaction vessels up to 22 liters. 

  • Class 10,000 Clean Room – 350 sq. ft. includes laminar flow cabinet and chemical hood.

  • Polymer Characterization Laboratory 2600 sq. ft. for studying chemical, thermal, structural properties and surface features of biomaterials.

  • Cell Biology Facility 720 sq. ft. provides extensive capability for in-vitro characterization of materials. The services offered include cell culture experimentation and experimental design, assay development, equipment assistance and user training in cell culture technique and research.