D’Youville’s state-of-the-art facilities offer equipment, research labs, space for study, and a collaborative, supportive culture.
The Pharmacy Research Labs at D'Youville are modeled after a typical biopharma start-up environment and allow professional and student researchers to conduct cutting edge studies and drug candidate evaluations.
Students will find quick and helpful assistance through the lab manager and a dedicated group of peers and faculty to consult.

With multiple specialty labs, team study rooms, and a drug information center, the new D’Youville Academic Center (DAC) combines 21st century education standards with well-equipped offices, lecture halls, laboratories, classrooms, and technology centers.
Contact Us
OFFICE OF RESEARCH, RESOURCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
Robert Dean
Location: DAC 439
Email: deanr@dyc.edu
Phone: 716-829-8372
Dr. Mike Cimino
Location: DAC 328
Email:
ciminom@dyc.edu
Phone: 716-829-8353
Featured Pharmacy Research Equipment
Inside of D'Youville's new, modern pharmacy research labs, researchers have access to the equipment necessary to perform trials and testing in a controlled, clinical environment.
Agilent 1100 HPLC/Mass Spectrometer
The Agilent 1100 HPLC/Mass Spectrometer is used to separate and identify, by diode-array UV-Visible detection, components of pharmaceutical products for analytical purposes, and to further identify critical components by molecular weight and structural information. These orthogonal sets of data provide confident compound identification from a single chromatographic.
Location: DAC 509

Agilent 1100 HPLC
The Agilent 1100 HPLC (2) used to separate and identify by diode-array UV-Visible, components of pharmaceutical products for analytical purposes.
Location: DAC 509

Dionix UltiMate 3000 Dionex Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) System
The Dionix UltiMate 3000 Dionex Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) system is used for rapid and concise analytical profiling and quantitation of 1) actives, contaminants and excipients in pharmaceutical formulations; 2) product(s) in complex organic reaction mixtures and 3) actives in natural product extractions. This system has a UV/vis detection system only.
Location: DAC 510

Cary 300 Bio UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
The Cary 300 Bio UV-Visible Spectrophotometer is used for analysis of UV and visible light absorbing organic compounds in pharmaceutical preparations.
Location: DAC 509

Cell Biosciences FluorChem M Image Analysis System
Cell Biosciences FluorChem M Image Analysis System capable of Multicolor Fluorescence, Chemiluminescence, UV Fluorescence, Visible Imaging/Colony Counting, and Blue excited DNA dyes.
Location: DAC 510

Varian 708-DS Dissolution Apparatus
The Varian 708-DS Dissolution Apparatus is used to measure the dissolution of a variety of pharmaceutical compounds including tablets, capsules, transdermal patches, and membranes.
Location: DAC 522

Thermo Fisher EVOS FL inverted Fluorescent and Light Microscope
The Thermo Fisher EVOS FL inverted Fluorescent and Light Microscope is used for many applications from cell culture to complex protein analysis and multichannel fluorescence imaging and quality image production.
Location: DAC 511

BioTek Synergy High Throughput (HT) Microplate Reader
BioTek Synergy High Throughput (HT) Microplate Reader is used to rapidly determine the effect of a large number of drug samples employing ultraviolet light and fluorescence detection.
Location: DAC 511

Agilent Technologies Stratagene Mx3005P
The Agilent Technologies Stratagene Mx3005P is used for a wide variety of applications and chemistries including but not limited to: gene expression analysis, microarray data validation, SNP genotyping, pathogen detection, DNA methylation analysis and chromatin immune-precipitation studies.
Location: DAC 511

BioRad S1000 Thermal Cycler
The BioRad S1000 Thermal Cycler is used for “Polymerase Chain Reaction” DNA amplification, cloning, cycle sequencing, gene expression, and mutagenesis.
Location: DAC 511

Agilent 200 Tablet Hardness Tester
The Agilent 200 Tablet Hardness Tester is used to measure the breaking point of tablets.
Location: DAC 522

Agilent 250 Friability Tester
The Agilent 250 Friability Tester is used to determine the tendency of a tablet to chip or break.
Location: DAC 522

Agilent 100 Automated Disintegration Apparatus
The Agilent 100 Automated Disintegration Apparatus is used to measure the capability and rate of tablets and capsules to disintegrate according to Pharmacopoeia and FDA standards.
Location: DAC 522
