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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And unless you toured the TJ labs last Friday you haven't seen them. Also pretty hard to complete lab work using expensive technology like MRI machines with online course work. [/quote]

Cutting edge equipment, such as the 3D sonar mapping system for coastal topography studies in the Oceanography Lab, and the nuclear magnetic resonance tomograph, a two-state quantum measurement system for the Quantum Physics Lab.
Newer models of existing equipment, such as the programmable incubation chamber and the lab-grade aquaria systems for the Oceanography Lab, and incubators for the Biotechnology Lab.
Industrial-sized versions of existing equipment, such as the CNC router system for the Prototyping Lab.
Specialized lab furniture for welding, soldering, and other technical work in the Robotics, Energy Systems, Prototyping, Oceanography, and Engineering Design Labs; and optical tables for vibration-free work in the Quantum Physics Lab;
New technology such as the Android phones and tablets for the new Mobile & Web App Development Lab; Surface Pro 3 computers for the Energy Systems Lab; bioinformatics software package for the Biotechnology Lab’s genome machine; and the SeeMeCNC printer for Energy Systems.

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"As the only high school biotech lab with a sonifier, we’ve been able to break apart cell nuclei for epigenetic studies. We 
use our DNA sequencer to locate epigenetic tags, among other uses. We’re only one of two US high schools with a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) thermocycler, which students use to look at influences on gene expression and telomere length; recently students studied the cause of bee colony deaths. 
We may also be the only high school with an environmental growth chamber. Research students have been using it to 
bioengineer algae, and students in our DNA II elective class have been using it to study various plant pathogens."

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