This page provides a look at the technical equipment and the expertise available in the lab and through a joint venture with the Reference Centre for Biological Markers of Dementia (BIODEM), Institute Born-Bunge. We always welcome collaboration with other departments, universities and the industry.
Human liquor and tissue sample preparation in bio-secure conditions
Telstar Clean Air EF/S vertical laminar flow cabinet, Eppendorf 5804R centrifuge
SDS-Page electrophoresis and Western blotting
Rotators at RT and 4°C, iBlot dry blotting system Invitrogen
96-well plate reader – ELISA
Thermo Scientific Multiskan Ascent with filters 340,405,450,492, 550,620,630nm
96-well incubator/plate reader – RT-Quaking induced conversion assay
BMG Labtech FLUOstar Omega with florescence optic for excitation-emission: 450-480nm and 485-520nm
Multiplex assays
Luminex 200 technology with detection bandwidth of 565-585nm
Cuvette absorbance measurement
Biochrom Biowave 190-900nm
Rapidly progressive neurodegenerative dementia research - Human brain dissections
Paraffin embedded brain sectioning – Immunohistochemistry
Thermo Scientific Microm HM355S
Neuropathology – microscopy – live imaging – digital photography
Polyvar microscope with objectives 2.5x, Plan 4x, 10x,Plan Apo 25x, Plan Apo 40x (oil), Plan Apo 100x (oil); Canon Eos 600D
Biobanking of human liquor and brain tissue
Eppendorf -80°C freezers