The METU Central Laboratory is a research and development center on advanced material characterization and molecular biology-biotechnology. The facilities of the laboratory are open to all researchers at METU. The Central laboratory also provides service to other universities, research institutions, and private industry. The objective for establishing the central laboratory is to supply state-of-the-art instrumentation for use by the research people at METU in order to promote collaboration among the researchers and strengthen the research activities. Central laboratory houses a large number of capital-intensive instruments for structural, chemical, thermal, and elemental analysis, particle characterization, and mechanical, rheological, and physical property determination for research activities on advance materials; and molecular genetics, large scale purification, characterization and sequencing of proteins, enzme activity determinations, and animal and plant tissue for molecular biology-biotechnology. The experts, who carry the requested work, are trained and experienced in sample preparation, data collection, and data analysis.