FACILITIES   The Biochemistry and Microbiology Department is housed in Lipman Hall on the Cook College campus (see also the map of Rutgers University). All major equipment and technical expertise needed for research in biochemistry and microbiology are available, including recombinant DNA technology, DNA and RNA sequencing, polymerase chain reaction, FPLC for protein purification, UV-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy, HPLC (UV/Vis, radioactivity, and MS detectors), and GC (FID, ECD, and MS detectors). The department has an SGI-based molecular graphics laboratory for protein structure analysis managed by Peter Kahn and access to a PC-based teaching laboratory currently used for courses in nucleotide sequence analysis taught by Gerben Zylstra. In addition, state of the art Biotechnology and Biochemistry teaching laboratories are available for undergraduate instruction. Specialized equipment is located in centralized service facilities. The Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment in the adjacent Foran Hall has numerous items of specialized biotechnology-related laboratory equipment available for use by all faculty at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). This includes the Nucleotide Sequencing Center, the High Throughput Screening Facility, and a Sun-based sequence analysis computer (sac.rutgers.edu) running the latest version of the GCG package. The Waksman Institute manages a fermentation facility capable of producing 10 to 600 liter batches of recombinant and nonrecombinant bacteria. The Chang Science Library is located in the adjacent Foran Hall and contains the university's collection of agriculture and environmental journals. The library is equipped with 44 internet-connected PC computers for access to electronic resources. The Library of Science and Medicine with the university's extensive collection of scientific journals and books is located on the Busch Campus. The university subscribes to several web-based indexing services and internet copies of major journals (see Rutgers University Libraries). These subscriptions can be accessed from any desktop computer within the university and from outside the university with the appropriate login passwords.