Research Laboratories
![lab view with desks and skulls](/sites/biodiversity/files/styles/16_9_placeholder_/public/images/2022/biotic_analysis_lab_slideshow.jpg?h=6666bb30&itok=4h8T8H_g)
Research laboratories at the KU Biodiversity Institute provide state of the art facilities for biodiversity scientists. Each research laboratory is a shared-use facility available to all KU biodiversity scientists.
Laboratories
![morphology lab](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/morphology_lab_span3short.jpg)
Specimen Labs
The BI's laboratories for specimen-based research include facilities designed specifically for morphological research, preparation and investigation of wet and dry vertebrate specimens, and imaging of biological specimens.
![researcher in lab](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/molecular_lab_tashitso_span3short.jpg)
Molecular Genetics Lab
The BI's molecular genetics laboratory is a full service shared-use facility used for applications ranging from microsatellite genotyping to generation of libraries for next generation sequencing.
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Computing Labs
The BI's computational labs include a GIS laboratory with high-end computational and graphical capabilities and a biocomputation lab with high memory workstations for analysis of genomic sequence data.