If there is such a lab, then there are probably only a handful of people who have access to it.  These people are not cops, and they are not university officials.  They are simply scientists.  When the equipment isn't being used to run experiments, they can do whatever they want with it.  It can't hurt to ask such a person if they'd be interested in trying it.  They may say "hell no!", or maybe they would be curious about the result and take you up on your offer (unofficially, of course).  Anyways, it can't hurt to ask, is what I'm saying.