Biological Facilities

Tuttnauer Autoclave

The autoclave is used for preparation of sterile materials and media used in the biotechnological laboratories.

Biosafety Cabinet (ENVAIR)

All genetic material is handled in the biosafety cabinet. The cabinet provides sterile conditions to work with cell cultures and tissue as well as other biological material.

Incubators (Memmert)

The bio-engineering lab is equipped with two incubators for cultivation of primary neurons and HEK293 cell-lines.

Thermocycler (Biometra TOne)

PCR can efficiently be performed in our Thermocycler, providing optimal temperature control and easy adjustment of individual protocols.

Microplate Reader (SpectraMax M2)

The multi-detection microplate reader is equipped with dual-monochromators and dual-mode cuvette ports. Detection modalities include absorbance (UV-Vis Abs) and fluorescence intensity (FI). This microvolume spectrophotometer is used to quantify and assess DNA.

Transmitted light microscope

Imaging with this microscope is performed during cell culture maintenance and quality control of growth.

Inverted fluorescent microscope

Inverted fluorescent microscope (Olympus IX7) with ORCA FLASH high speed camera for Calcium imaging and real time cell imaging. Equipped with DAPI, FURA2, TexasRed and ALexa633 filters for multichannel imaging.

Recorded data are processed using MATLAB and Adobe image processing applications.

Stimulation Suites

Custom made magnetic driving electronics for generating aletnating magnetic fields, applicable for magnetic characterisation, in vitro and (rodent) in vivo stimulation:

Magnetomechanical suite

0-30 Hz and 1-50 mT

Magnetothermal suite

50kHz- 650 kHz and 10-70 mT

Magnetoelectric suite

AC 0-30 Hz and 1-50 mT+ DC 110-230 mT

Patch Clamp system

Electrophysiological measurements are conducted using a Port-a-Patch patch clamp system (provided by Prof. Andrea Büttner).