The Palynology Laboratory at Texas A&M University contains 1,500 square feet of space. The laboratory consists of a core of two, sterile wet labs and a complex of offices and research rooms. Each lab is sealed from all outside contamination, each has a large fume hood with hot and cold distilled water outlets, all are equipped with acid-resistant plumbing and flume scrubbers to remove toxic, airborne chemicals, and each lab has safety eye washes and showers. Lab areas are equipped with large sinks, vortex stirrers, large and small centrifuges, hot plates, metric balances, and large counter top work spaces. We also have sonicators, which we use when needed for processing in both labs. Included in the lab complex are four offices with internet computer lines and telephone outlets. We also have a fireproof chemical storage room, a sediment core and pollen sampling and storage room, two areas with microscopes for counting, and a large open work area equipped with desk-top computers and printers. In addition, one of the microscope rooms has built-in sand-filled counters for stability and microscopic photographic work. The labs are equipped with 10 Nikon standard light microscopes (with photographic cameras), one new Olympus compound microscope with DIC phase and computer-imaging capture in TIFF files. We also have Wild and Nikon dissecting microscopes. Several of those microscopes are equipped with Nikon COOLPIX 950 digital cameras. We also have a modern pollen reference collection containing 20,000+ slides. Our primary research focuses on analyzing pollen in honey, forensic samples, soil and lake sediments, and from archaeological sites.