What tools does a virologist use?
This is not a complete list but a virology lab should have access to An electron microscope (for looking at very small things), A thermocycler (for amplifying DNA using PCR) An ELISA plate reader (another test for detecting viruses.) A high speed centrifuge (used for purifying viruses) For a virologist looking at human and animal viruses they will need test human or animal cells to infect (cell cultures not the animals themselves)- and for a plant virologist test plants to infect.
