As seven research groups have placed facilities at the disposal of the Cell Observatory, the rooms have filled up with equipment. Because of limited space, several facilities are open to the Cell Observatory community, but not located in the central corridors.

Facilities at this location

Confocal microscope with FCS

FCS

Brand: Home built

Type/Model: Van Noort group

Flowcytometer and cell sorter

COPAS

Brand: Union Biometrica Inc. (Holliston, Massachusetts, U.S.)

Type/Model: Complex Object Parametric Analyzer and Sorter (COPAS™) XL

Fluorescence Spectrometer

Brand: Perkin Elmer

Type/Model: LS55

High throughput injection robot

robot

Brand: Home built

Type/Model: Jan de Sonneville

Inverted fluorescence microscope with one-photon and two-photon confocal lifetime setup

one-photon/two-photon

Brand: Zeiss

Type/Model: Axiovert 100TV

Inverted microscope with magnetic tweezers

Brand: Home built

Inverted microscope with TIRF unit

TIRF

Brand: Home built

Type/Model: Van Noort group

Inverted microscopes (two)

100

Brand: Zeiss

Type/Model: Axiovert 100TV

KSV, Minitrough

Laminar flow cabinet, downflow

BFSC-flowcabinet

Brand: Clean air

Type/Model: EF/SY Class II

Microbeta luminescence counter

Wallac

Brand: Wallac

Type/Model: 1450

Optical microscope with tethered particle motion set-up

TPM

Brand: Nikon Diaphot 300

Optical tweezers with fluorescence capabilities

Optical tweezers

Brand: JPK Instruments

Type/Model: Nanotracker

Shaker incubators

Two atomic force microscopes

AFM

Brand: Digital Instruments

Type/Model: Nanoscope III

Ultracentrifuge

Brand: Beckman

Type/Model: Optima L-90K

UV/VIS absorption spectrometer

Brand: Shimazu

Type/Model: UV-1650PC