Biological Laboratory

Basic equipment for cell culture

• Safety cabinets HS9 and KS12 (Heraeus)       
• CO₂-incubator (hypo- and hyperoxic), bacteriological incubators
• Autoclave

Microscopy

• Cell culture microscope Axiovert (Zeiss)
• Fluorescence microscope Axiotech (Zeiss)
• Laser scanning microscope LSM 700 (Zeiss)
• Rotary microtome RM2265

Measurement technology

• Microplate-multimode reader Infinite M1000 PRO with Alpha Screen-module (Tecan)
• Multimode-reader Genios PRO (Tecan)
• Chemoluminescence camera with dark box (Intas)
• Gel imaging system (Intas)
• Image analyzer software (ImagePro, Topography-software ConfoMap)

Protein analytics

• Protein electrophoresis system (Bio-Rad)
• Western-blotting system (semidry, Tankblot)

Nucleic acid analytics

• Submersed nucleic acid gel electrophoretic system
• Gradient-PCR mastercycler ep (Eppendorf)
• gPCR RotorGene (Qiagen)

Applications

• Quantitative ELISA-Assays
• Determination of enzyme activity
• DNA-detection
• Gene expression analyses
• ATP-luminescence-assays