Welcome to The RIC

The Research Instrumentation Core

Serving all of BYU to support student research.
The RIC is a College of Life Sciences Facility hosted by the Microbiology & Molecular Biology Department.

Our Goals:

Procure and maintain high quality research equipment
Provide sample processing services and technical support
Provide training and promote the use of available research equipment

Publications with the RIC Facility

Engineering efficient termination of bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase transcription

Calvopina-Chavez DG, Gardner MA, Griffitts JS
G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Volume 12, Issue 6, June 2022

Translation initiation from sequence variants of the bacteriophage T7 g10RBS in Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium fabrum.

Benedict AB, Chamberlain JD, Calvopina DG, Griffitts JS.
Molecular Biology Reports, Volume 49, Issue 1, January 2022

3118 LSB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 | 801.422.3195 | ric_tech@byu.edu

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