Bell Lab (CSH-012)

Summary 🟡 ~

• Owner Unit: College of Science and Health
• Sub-unit: Biological Sciences / Neuroscience
• Content Type: center
• Campus/Location: Lincoln Park (McGowan North 122)
• Last Verified: July 1, 2026

Description & capabilities

Faculty research lab investigating how environmental contaminants (especially PCBs) affect brain development and neuroimmune interactions across the lifespan. Uses molecular, histological, cell-culture, and behavioral techniques in rodent models.

Access status

• Level: yellow (Negotiated Access)
• Rationale: Bell Lab website and faculty profile document McGowan North lab; access through biology research affiliation.
• Access URL: www.depaul.edu/faculty/margaret-bell
• Contact name: Margaret Bell
• Contact email: margaret.bell@depaul.edu
• Verification date: 2026-07-01
• Source URLs:
• www.depaul.edu/faculty/margaret-bell
• belllab.weebly.com

Verification

• Status: likely (~)
• Confidence: 82/100
• Rationale: Legacy evidence aligned with kernel provenance (depaul/XTR-000079); primary source: https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/margaret-bell
• Last verified: 2026-07-01
• Evidence:
• Dr. Bell's research is focused on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); the lab studies neural, endocrine, and immune system interactions during development. (https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/margaret-bell)
• Supplementary lab reference: https://belllab.weebly.com/

Equipment

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Category	Specific equipment
Tissue culture and environmental chambers	Cell culture and molecular biology workflows (McGowan North 122)
Microscopy	Light microscopy and immunohistochemistry (Leica DM2000 per published methods)

Related equipment categories

Taxonomy bridges to related capability elsewhere on campus (search these terms or open the catalog anchors):

• Clinical assessment instruments

Source: Bell Lab site and faculty profile (May 2026). Last verified: July 29, 2026.

Contacts (resource-level)

• Website: Bell Lab at DePaul University
• Email: Margaret Bell

Last verified: May 30, 2026.

People & contacts

Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.

• Margaret Bell (Faculty lead) — margaret.bell@depaul.edu · Profile

Source URL

Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.

Documented Relationships

Neuroscience research group using McGowan Biological Sciences shared infrastructure (CSH-004).

Linked Relationship IDs

• CSH-004 - Biological Sciences Research Infrastructure
• CSH-003 - Environmental Science & Chemistry Building (McGowan)

Documented connections

Generated from publication↔resource and person↔publication registries. Superscript numbers open Sources below. Multiple sources on one claim are grouped as ^1,4. Grant links are listed on publication and grant pages.

Publications

• Tactile Internet for a Cyber-Physical Continuum (2024) — supporting, mentions · DOI¹

People on linked publications

• Sharief Oteafy (author; PUB-841)¹

Sources

1. gazetteer hit in OA full text. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source

Notes

Faculty research lab profile split from department aggregate (May 2026).