Equipment

Research equipment

  • next generation sequencers (NGS) – MiSeq (Illumina), GS Junior (Roche)
  • microarray scanner – HiScan (Illumina)
  • HPLC coupled with mass spectrometer – Velos PRO (Thermo Scientific)
  • two dimensional (2D) electrophoresis – Dodeca (BioRad)
  • real time PCR – CFX384 (BioRad), CFX96 (BioRad), MiniOpticon (BioRad)
  • biorobots – Bravo Liquid Handling System (Agilent)
  • benchtop automated instrument for purification of RNA, DNA or protein – Maxwell 16 (Promega)
  • preparative electrophoresis platform for separation and extraction of DNA fragments – BluePippin (Sage Science)
  • luminometer – Glomax (Promega)
  • ultrasonicator – Bioruptor (Diagenode)
  • barcode readers

Sample storage

  • -80°C freezers
  • liquid nitrogen Dewar flasks
  • 2D barcode system

Data storage and interpretation

  • NAS (Network Attached Storage) 20TB server
  • computer clusters
  • virtualization engines
    • private cloud – OpenNebula
    • software container system – Docker