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University-Wide Facilities East Tennessee State University Computational Research Facility ETSU has developed a high performance Computational Research Facility built around a group of 60 computers configured to act as one single large system, or computer cluster. Each computer has four processor cores giving the cluster the power of 240 typical desktop computers. The ETSU computer cluster allows applications such as sophisticated modeling, data mining, and large statistical analyses, we do in research that take several weeks or even months to complete. Dr. Scott Kirkby, Department of Chemistry is the director of the Computational Research Facility. Division of Laboratory Animal Resources The Division of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR) maintains an AAALAC accredited laboratory animal facility and program. Two laboratory animal facilities are supervised by the DLAR staff and currently provide adequate space for housing and maintaining large (dogs and pigs) and small animals (guinea pigs, hamsters, mice and rats). All full-time DLAR technicians are certified by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences. DLAR staff provide training in handling of animals, administration of anesthetics, post-surgical maintenance of animals, bleeding techniques, euthanasia and other standard procedures. DLAR staff also will assist in restraint of animals, induction and maintenance of anesthesia, experimental surgery, pre- and postoperative care, blood and tissue collection and injections. A sterile surgery is available in the Department of Surgery and must be scheduled through that department. An x-ray facility is maintained within the DLAR space and DLAR staff assist in using this instrument. Expertise, Department of Biological Sciences The Department of Biological Sciences has expertise in cell and molecular biology (physiology, biochemistry), ecology, genetics, and quantitative biology and modeling. Many faculty from the Quillen College of Medi