Southern Laboratory (CSH-018)
Summary 🟡 ~
- Owner Unit: College of Science and Health
- Sub-unit: Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Content Type: center
- Campus/Location: Lincoln Park (McGowan South 321B office; 320 lab)
- Last Verified: May 30, 2026
Description & capabilities
Faculty biophysical chemistry research group using fluorescence spectroscopy and single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to study antibody structure and inflammatory caspase activity. Joint fluorogenic FRET-substrate development with Karver Laboratory (CSH-017).
Access status
- Level: yellow (
Negotiated Access) - Rationale: Southern Lab faculty profile documents McGowan South office and lab rooms; access through chemistry research affiliation.
- Access URL: www.depaul.edu/faculty/carey-southern
- Contact name: Carey Southern
- Verification date: 2026-05-30
- Source URLs:
- www.depaul.edu/faculty/carey-southern
Verification
- Status: likely (
~) - Confidence: 81/100
- Rationale: Faculty-profile-anchored Southern Lab with published location and fluorescence methods.
- Last verified: 2026-05-30
- Evidence:
- DePaul faculty profile McGowan South 321B/320 and FRET biophysical research
Equipment
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| Category | Specific equipment |
|---|---|
| Spectrometers | Fluorescence spectroscopy; single-molecule FRET instrumentation (McGowan South 320) |
| Lab sample processing | Fluorogenic caspase-substrate spectroscopic characterization |
Source: Southern DePaul faculty profile (May 2026). Last verified: May 28, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
Last verified: May 30, 2026.
People & contacts
Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.
- Carey Southern (Faculty lead) — CSOUTHE2@depaul.edu · Profile
Source URL
Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.
Documented Relationships
Biophysical chemistry research group; joint caspase FRET assays with Karver Lab (CSH-017); uses shared McGowan instrumentation (CSH-001).
Linked Relationship IDs
- CSH-001 - Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop
- CSH-003 - Environmental Science & Chemistry Building (McGowan)
- CSH-017 - Karver Laboratory
Notes
Faculty-profile-anchored lab resource (May 2026).