Malaysian Cocoa Board Centre for Cocoa Biotechnology Research (click on thumbnail to enlarge)
The Malaysian Cocoa Board (MCB) headquarters is on the 5th and 6th floors.	Senior MCB officers (Oct 2001)	Biotech lab people	Address	Front
Back	Tissue culture prep lab	Tissue culture lab	Molecular biology laboratory	Radioactive room
Cold room	Dark room with Polaroid MP-4 photodocumentation system	Computer room	Room to hand-wash glassware	Autoclave & dishwasher room
Meeting room	Female Research Assistant office	Amersham MegaBACE 500 DNA sequencing and fragment analysis machine	Ultra and superspeed centrifuges	Beckman scanning spectrophotometer
Scanning densitometer	Nikon compound- (with fluorescent attachment) and stereo-microscopes	Nikon fluorescent stereo-microscope with digital camera	PE 9700 PCR machine and DNA fluorometer	Electroporator
-80^oC freezer	Agarose gel electrophoresis	UV Crosslinker	Speed vac and gel dryer	Gel dryer
Ultrapure water supply	Shaved ice machine	Refrigerated microcentrifuge and shaking microincubator	Microcentrifuge	Refrigerated and heating water bath
Static and shaking heated water baths	Shaking incubator	Drying and baking ovens	Shaking refrigerated/heated growth chamber	Static incubator
Analytical balance	Liquid N2 is readily available, but must use CO2 tank to make dry ice	Table-top centrifuge and vacuum oven	X-ray film developing tanks	Hybridization oven
Digitizer	Gel DNA sequencing apparatus	Fume hood	Polytron tissue homogenizer	Compaq computer, color printer, and scanner
Emergency Generator	One of three 4-wheel drive vehicles for lab use	My students from the University of Malaysia, Sabah	Pre-Ramadan fruit party	Fruit party
Going away party for Dr. Alex Lopes (November 1998)	MCB exhibit at Agricultural Fair	Inside MCB exhibit	Cocoa Fair in Tawau, Sabah	Cocoa Fair in Tawau
Cocoa Fair in Tawau	Cocoa Fair in Tawau