| Class II type A2 Biosafety Cabinet | Labconco | 3460009 | |
| J774A.1 cell line | ATCC | TIB-67 | Arrives Frozen. See ATCC instructions for culturing. |
| Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium | Gibco | 11995-065 | Store at 4 °C and warm to 37 °C prior to use |
| HI Fetal Bovine Serum Performance Plus | Gibco | 10082-147 | Keep frozen at -20 °C and thaw before adding to DMEM |
| Penicillin-Streptomycin (10,000 U/ml) | Gibco | 15140-122 | Used to suplement DMEM |
| Isotemp Cell culture incubator | Fisher Scientific | | Model # 3530 |
| 96-Well culture dish | Corning Inc. Costar | 3595 | |
| 10x Phosphate Buffered Saline | Fisher Scientific BioReagents | BP3994 | Dilute to 1x and filter or autoclave prior to use. |
| Methyl-β-cyclodextrin | Sigma Life Science | C4555-10G | Dissolve in 1x PBS to make solutions of 10 mM and 30 mM concentrations |
| Orbital shaker | Labline | | |
| Amplex Red Cholesterol Assay Kit | Life Technologies Molecular Probes | A12216 | All reagents for Cholesterol Assay are contained within the kit. Follow Manufacturer instructions. |
| 96-Well Black Assay plate | Corning Inc. Costar | 3603 | |
| FilterMax microplate reader | Molecular Devices | | Model F5 |
| TLC chamber | Sigma-Aldrich | Z126195-1EA | |
| Chloroform | Sigma-Aldrich | 650498-4L | |
| Methanol | Sigma-Aldrich | 34860-2L-R | |
| TLC Paper | Whatman | 3030917 | Cut down to size needed for TLC tank |
| Fume hood | | | Any fume hood that complies with AIHA/ANSI Standards |
| 6-Well plate | Corning Inc. Costar | 3506 | |
| Trypsin-EDTA | Gibco | 25300-054 | |
| Cell scraper | Corning Inc. Costar | 3010 | |
| Hemocytometer | Hausser Scientific | 1490 | |
| Centrifuge | Beckman Coulter | | Model Alegra x-30R |
| Votex mixer | Fisher Scientific | 12-812 | |
| Balance | Mettler Toledo | | Model # MS104S meaures down to 0.1 mg |
| Glass Pasteur pipette | Fisherbrand | 13-678-20A | |
| Cholesterol | Avanti Polar Lipids | 700000 | |
| SpeedVac concentrator | Thermo Scientific | | Model # SPD2010 |
| Petroleum ether | Fisher Scientific | E139-1 | |
| Diethyl ether | Sigma-Aldrich | 309966 | |
| Acetic acid | Sigma-Aldrich | 320099 | |
| TLC Silica Gel 60 with concentrating zone | Analytical Chromatograhy Millipore | 1.11845.0001 | |
| Iodine chips | Sigma-Aldrich | 376558-50G | |
| Sulfuric acid | Sigma-Aldrich | 320501 | |
| Manganese chloride | Sigma-Aldrich | 244589 | |
| UVP EC3 Imaging System | Ultra-Violet Products Ltd. | | Use the Vision Works LS software for densitometry analysis |
| Glass bottom confocal dish | MatTek | P35G-1.5-10C | www.glassbottomdishes.com |
| Cryptococcus neoformans (H99) | | | Obtained from Duke University Medical Center |
| YNB | BD | 239210 | See manufacturer for preparation instructions. Use a glucose concentration of 20 g/L. |
| Lipopolysaccharide | Sigma | L4391-1MG | Dissolve in 1x PBS to make 1 mg/ml stock. Store at -20 °C. |
| Interferon gamma | Sigma | I4777 | Dissolve in 1x PBS to make 0.1 mg/ml stock solution |
| Glucuronoxylomannan antibody (anti-GXM) | | | Gift from Arturo Casadevall's Lab concentration is 1.98 mg/ml |
| Giemsa | MP Biomedicals | 194591 | Dissolve 0.8 g of Giemsa in 25 ml of glycerol and heat to 60 °C for 1 hr. Add 25 ml of methanol to the solution and allow to age at room temperature for at least 1 month. |
| Microscope | Zeiss | | Observer.D1 microscope with AxioCam MRm for taking images |