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The Department of Biological Sciences
is located in the modern two-wing, five-story Laboratory Sciences
Center. Well-equipped laboratories are maintained for research and
instruction. The department maintains carefully curated and nationally
respected collections of terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates, fishes,
amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and plants. Specialized equipment is
available for Transmission Electron Microscopy. Scanning Electron
Microscopy, Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, and X-ray
fluorescence in the Electron microscope Facility and elsewhere for
chromatography, electrophoresis, histology, and many other fields of
study. The library and computer center are located in buildings adjacent
to the Laboratory Sciences Center. The greenhouse and live-animal
facilities are conveniently located between the two wings of the
Laboratory Sciences Center. Laboratories for GIS technology and
environmental toxicology have recently been constructed. The University
operates a large farm suitable for research, and it has several fish
ponds at a site within 20 miles of campus. The department maintains the
George Harp Environmental Field Station in the central Ozarks.
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