Equipment for research and teaching
Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Microbiology
Due to the diverse research topics, laboratories are adapted to a variety of tests, including cultivation of bacteria, fungi, human parasites, cell cultures, the analysis of gene expression and proteins production. Several rooms are adapted for conducting molecular tests in sterile conditions.
Equipment:
Plate readers:
VarioskanTM LUX (Thermo SCIENTIFIC)
Eppendorf PlateReader AF2200
Incubators:
C24 Incubator Shaker (New Brnswick Scientific)
HERACELLTM VIOS 160i CO2 incubator (Thermo SCIENTIFIC)
Air incubator with heating and cooling (Binder)
HeraTherm Incubator ThermoScientific
New Brunswick Galaxy 170S CO2 incubator
Other:
Liquid chromatograph AKTA Purifier (GE Healthcare)
BioSpectrometer kinetic (Eppendorf) spectrophotometer
Gene Pulser Xcell electroporator (Bio-Rad)
NanoDrop 1000 (ThermoScientific)
Eppendorf ThermoMixer C
Laminar chambers:
ThermoScientific MSC Advantage laminar chamber
ThermoScientific laminar chamber, Class 2
Microscopes:
Inverted microscope (IX 73, Olympus)
Inverted microscope for observation in visible light and after excitation of fluorescence, (IX 73, Olympus).
Inverted microscope with IX53 camera (OLYMPUS)
Inverted microscope Leica DM IL LED DMC2900
Thermocyclers:
Eppendorf Thermocycler Flexid Mastercycler Nexux GSX1
Eppendorf Thermocycler AG22331 Hamburg / 2 pieces /
Lightcycler MyGo Pro
Applied Biosystem GeneAmp PCR Systsme 2400
Veriti 96 Well Thermal Cycler (Applied Biosystems)
Veriti Gradient Thermal Cycler (Applied Biosystems)
LightCycler® 96 System real time thermal cycler, Roche, 3 units
Mastercycler Nexus Eppendorf thermal cycler
A range of equipment for animal tests:
Leica CM1520 cryostat
Ugo Basile grip force meter for rats and mice (code 47200)
Rotarod for Ugo Basile mice (code 47650)
SomnoSuite® inhalation anesthesia system (Kent Scientific)
Hot-cold plate, Hugo Basile, for the study of hyperalgesia / allodynia in mice
Precise microsurgical "Wire Knife" M121 McHughMilieux
A number of devices for conducting electrophoresis: agarose, polyacrylamide and pulsed (BIO-RAD) and systems for their documentation, e.g. ChemiDocTM MP gels and films visualization system (BIO-RAD, UVP Biospectrum 615 image acquisition system)
Centrifuges:
Refrigerated centrifuges: 6K15 (Sigma); Legend X1R (Thermo Scientific), Legend Micro 17R
Fresco 17 Thermo Scientific refrigerated centrifuge
Centrifuge with refrigeration Eppendorf 5415 R
Centrifuge Sigma 1-15
Shakers:
Air shakers with heating and cooling: Innova 42– 2 pieces; MaxQ 6000 (Thermo Scientific);
Innova® 42 refrigerated shaker (New Brunswick)
