We host state-of-the-art instrumentation to conduct microfluidic and microscopy studies in multidisciplinary fields to support collaborative research projects.
Automated inverted fluorescence microscope equipped with high performance cameras for fast live imaging and microfluidics
Leica TCS SP8
The inverted confocal laser-scanning microscope allows tridimensional reconstruction of biological samples.
Leica LMD7000
The Laser Capture Microdissection Microscope enables the isolation of single cells and areas of tissues.
Singer MSM-SYS-400
Motorised-stage-controlled workstation to dissect tetrads and cells in a user-defined grid.
Zeiss Axio Imager Z2
Upright fluorescence microscope with excellent optics and signal-to-noise ratio.
Flow control
Automated ultra-precise and pulsation-free syringe pumps.
Services
Advanced imaging
Sophisticated light microscopes and camera systems to accomplish high resolution imaging, time lapse imaging, high speed videos, and powerful image analysis.
Lab-on-a-chip
The cultivation of organisms in microfluidic devices allows precise control of their environment and non-invasive live-cell-imaging in real time with high spatiotemporal resolution.
Single cell biology
Precise dissection of cells from diverse tissues as well as droplet-based high-throughput manipulation, screening and sorting of single cells for biological and biotechnological applications.
Applications
Ecology and Physiology
Development of methods to study plant-pathogen and plant-environment interactions, cell-cell and cell-environment interactions at the single-cell level and the stress response of single cells to chemical and biological stimuli.
Biotechnology
Development of methods for gene editing technologies, directed evolution applications, microbial cell factories, drug discovery and AMR.
Molecular and Cell Biology
High-throughput screening, high-resolution life-cell imaging, cell-based assays, and single-cell sequencing.
Applies new breeding technologies (cisgenesis, gene editing) for functional genomics studies in plants to increase tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress and improve fruit quality.
