The Life Sciences Machine Shop provides a variety of services for faculty, staff, and students in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology and the School of Integrative Biology, as well as other campus units at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We are your contact for all life sciences prep room equipment and lab refrigerator/freezer issues.
Contact & location
Scott Baker, Research Laboratory Shop Supervisor, 217-333-0609, s-baker6@illinois.edu; Jared Bear, Instrument Maker, jbear@illinois.edu
Room 59 Burrill Hall, 407 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana
Open 8 a.m.-12 p.m., 1-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Services
- Milling machine work
- Precision lathe work
- Sheet metal design and fabrication
- Welding, soldering, and brazing
- Woodworking design and fabrication
Specialty services
- Calibration of laboratory equipment
- Lab water system maintenance and repair
- Vacuum system service and repair
- Waterbath and platform shaker repair
- Laboratory equipment development and maintenance
- Plastic labware design and construction
- Laboratory refrigeration system diagnosis and repair
Equipment used in the shop
2014 prototrak CNC lathe
1989 Hardinge superprecision toolroom lathe
Lincoln MIG Welder
All common sheet metal equipment
Most common machine shop equipment
2010 2-axis Bridgport Mill with prototrak CNC
2004 3-axis Bridgport Mill with prototrak CNC