In addition to well-equipped research laboratories, the Department of Biology has core research facilities that include: genomics facility with an Affymetrix suite of instruments for DNA array hybridization, scanning and analysis; core molecular biology and protein chemistry instrumentation; facilities for cell growth, storage and processing; controlled-environment rooms; bioinformatics computer cluster; electron microscopy center, and additional types of microscopy, including confocal and fluorescence; phosphoimager and equipment for image analysis; research museum for vertebrate studies, and a wide variety of preparative and analytical instruments.

Facilities of the Marine Science Center, nearby in Nahant, include an ocean-going research vessel, a running seawater system and a robotics laboratory.

There are a number of core facilities in other units of the University that are also available to researchers from the Department of Biology, e.g., NMR spectrometers, including a new 700 MHz NMR, mass spectrometers, and additional computer clusters. Below are links to some of the most frequently used resources:

1. Advanced Scientific Computational Center

2. Marine Science Center

4. Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis

5. Center for Subsurface Sensing And Imaging Systems

6. Center For Interdisciplinary Research On Complex Systems