Scientific Equipment

The Prion Lab:

  • P2 level laboratory facility
  • BIOSTAT fermenter systems (equipped with vessels of different size) (Sartorius)
  • Set of fully automated liquid chromatography platforms (including ÄKTA™Purifier and ÄKTA™ Pure , enabling IMAC, GST, immunoaffinity and size-exclusion chromatography)
  • Biacore 2000 (SPR analysis) (GE Healtcare)
  • High Pressure Homogenizer EmilsiFlex C3
  • Optima TL 120 Ultracentrifuge
  • SpectraMax M5 Microplate Reader
  • TS100 Fluorescence microscope
  • UV alliance

 Common SISSA facilities:

  • Animal House
  • Confocal microscopes
  • Cryostat
  • Laser capture microdissector

ELETTRA Laboratory:

  • 4 AKTA (GE) liquid chromatography systems;
  • robotized liquid-handling workstation (Tecan Freedom Evo 150);
  • 2 Sartorius Bioreactors for bacterial cultures (1-10 L);
  • 2 Sartorius Bioreactors for eukaryotic cultures (1-10 L);
  • Cell rupture systems (sonicator - Bandelin; high pressure homogenizer Emulisiflex Avestin); Spectrophotometer platform;
  • Multiplate reader UV/VIs/Flurescence (Infinity - Tecan);
  • PCR thermo-cyclers (Eppendorf)  RT-PCR  (CFX96 BioRad);
  • Circular Dichroism Spectrometer - (CD Jasko)