Histology, Seahorse, Ultracentrifuges
The IRB provides a range of additional instruments to support the research, including full histology equipment from tissue to slide and Seahorse technology to perform cellular bioenergetics in real time. Moreover, a set of ultracentrifuges is available to all researchers.
These instruments are managed by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB): https://irb.usi.ch/facilities/other-instruments/
Equipment
- Histology
- Microm STP 120 Spin Tissue Processor
- Microm Ec-350-2 Tissue Embedding
- Epredia™ CryoStar™ NX50 Kryostat
- Seahorse Real-Time Cell Metabolic Analysis
- Seahorse XFe96
- Tissue Lyser
- Qiagen TissueLyser II
- Ultracentrifuges
- Beckman Optima LE-80K Ultracentrifuge
- Beckman OptimaMAX-XP Ultracentrifuge
- Beckman Coulter Optima XE-90 Ultracentrifuge
- Herolab HiCen SR
- Sorvall LYNX 6000 Superspeed Centrifuge
- Sorvall RC-3B Plus High Capacity Centrifuge