Rooms
The Department of Biochemistry I has four molecular biology and biochemistry laboratories of biosafety level 1, two cell culture laboratories of biosafety level 1, one electrophysiology laboratory and one microcopy laboratory.
Special Equipment
Electrophysiology
Setup for two-electrode voltage clamp recordings of oocytes
Injection setup for microinjection into oocytes
Semi-automatic patch clamp setup PatchMAX100A with pressure controller ez-gSEAL for recordings from cultured cells and oocytes
Property of the Research Department of Neuroscience
Microscopy
Digital fluorescence microscope Keyence BZ-X810
Confocal laser-scanning microscope Leica TCS SP2 AOBS with an optional aerated incubation chamber for long-term experiments with living cells
Excitation wavelengths: 458 nm, 476 nm, 488 nm, 514 nm, 543 nm, 594 nm, 633 nm
DNA Sequencing
Capillary sequencer Applied Biosystems 3130xl Genetic Analyzer
DNA sequencing service for all faculties of the Ruhr University Bochum
Molecular Biology
Real-time PCR machine Roche LightCycler
Centrifuges
High speed centrifuge Sorvall RC5B plus
Ultracentrifuge Sorvall Discovery 90
Ultracentrifuge Sorvall Discovery M120