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Nutrition Research Lab
The
1730 sq ft main laboratory located on the fourth floor
in the Life Sciences Building includes a diet mixing room,
student and research office space, and the main laboratory.
The 250 sq ft, fully equipped diet mixing room allows for
preparation of custom research diets. The 1330 sq ft laboratory
lab space includes 320 sq ft of working counter space,
two built-in ventilated hoods, and 6 sinks with deionized
water taps. Equipment available includes a peripheral dual-energy
x-ray absorptiometer, muffle furnace, water distiller,
ultra pure water deionizer, ultra-low freezer, UV/VIS spectrophotometer,
analytical balances, swing bucket centrifuge, bomb calorimeter,
freeze dryer, and basic laboratory supplies and equipment.
Additional office space with computer access is available
for undergraduates and research associates. The space allows
easy access to the animal vivarium located on the sixth
floor. Animal related research is conducted in this lab
in addition to assay and test preparations.
Nutrition and Health Assessment
Laboratory
The LSU AgCenter created a Nutrition and Health Assessment Laboratory with the School of Human Ecology as the lead unit. The 2800 sq ft laboratory located on the second floor in Knapp Hall includes a wet lab, student and research office space, and the main laboratory. The lab is used for applied research studies, including nutrition and body composition assessment and analysis, and demonstrations to prepare Extension agents, undergraduate students, and graduate students in nutritional assessment and outreach in community nutrition and wellness education.
Equipment available in the main laboratory includes: a GE Lunar Prodigy Pro DXA (Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) machine; a GE Lunar Achilles InSight QUS (quantitative ultrasound) portable device; two Xitron 4200 multi-frequency bioelectric impedance analyzers (BIA), and two Tanita body composition analyzers; a Deltatrac metabolic cart; an electrical bed; 50 Actical accelerometers; four stadiometers and digital scales; five Lange skinfold calipers; four desktop computers equipped with NDSR nutrition database software, SAS and SPSS statistical packages; and a color laser printer.
The wet lab is equipped with an ice maker, an explosion proof refrigerator/freezer, and an ultra low freezer. Other equipment on hand includes a centrifuge, an incubator, and a Hewlett Packard capillary electrophoresis system, a stomacher for digestion of foods, and some basic laboratory supplies and equipment.
Lab Tour
HUEC Computer Lab
The HUEC Computer Lab is equipped with twenty state of the art computer
workstations. The lab is also equipped with multimedia capabilites to
assist with the instruction of various software. The software installed
on the computers ranges from nutritional and diet analysis software such
as Computrition, Nutritionist Pro, and Food Processor, to statististical
software including SAS and SPSS. The lab is open to all Human Ecology
undergraduate and graduate students.
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