Auxiliary Equipment
1. Fluorescence steady state spectrometers
- Jobin Yvon SPEX Fluorolog-3
- Edinburgh Instruments FS5
2. Circular Dichroism (CD) spectrometer
- Jasco J-1500 with custom made sample holders enabling measurements of orientation CD
3. UV-VIS absorption spectrometer
- Shimadzu UV2600, including integrating sphere
4. System for preparation of model phospholipid bilayers
- Including unilamellar vesicles (SUVs, LUVs, GUVs), giant plasma membrane vesicles (GPMVs) and supported phospholipid bilayers (SPBs)
- Avestin
5. Langmuir troughs
- Microtrough XS setup (Kibron) enabling monolayer preparation and its visualization on microscope (with temperature control)
6. Osmometer
- Marcel OS 3000
7. Facilities for mammalian cell culture
- Including laminar flowbox and two CO2 incubators
- Verification of cells (viability, mycoplasma infection, stress, ...)
- Cell transfection capability using electroporation (NEON system, Invitrogen) and lipofection
- Small-scale autoclave for sterilisation of tools and solutions
1. Fluorescence steady state spectrometers
- Jobin Yvon SPEX Fluorolog-3
- Edinburgh Instruments FS5
2. Circular Dichroism (CD) spectrometer
- Jasco J-1500 with custom made sample holders enabling measurements of orientation CD
3. UV-VIS absorption spectrometer
- Shimadzu UV2600, including integrating sphere
4. System for preparation of model phospholipid bilayers
- Including unilamellar vesicles (SUVs, LUVs, GUVs), giant plasma membrane vesicles (GPMVs) and supported phospholipid bilayers (SPBs)
- Avestin
5. Langmuir troughs
- Microtrough XS setup (Kibron) enabling monolayer preparation and its visualization on microscope (with temperature control)
6. Osmometer
- Marcel OS 3000
7. Facilities for mammalian cell culture
- Including laminar flowbox and two CO2 incubators
- Verification of cells (viability, mycoplasma infection, stress, ...)
- Cell transfection capability using electroporation (NEON system, Invitrogen) and lipofection
- Small-scale autoclave for sterilisation of tools and solutions