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Infrastructure

Life sciences

  • BMG CLARIOStar plate reader
  • Bio-Rad CFX96 qPCR (2x)
  • FACS BD Accuri C6
  • Fully equipped for histology
  • Gel imager Bio-Rad ChemiDoc MP
  • LI-COR Odyssey CLx
  • Laminar flow cabinets (8x)

Biofabrication, chemistry & materials science

  • 4 Axis Roland EGX-360
  • 6DOF Robotic arm
  • BioX Cellink
  • Bioinicia electrospinner
  • Bioscaffolder 3.1 GESIM
  • Bioscaffolder SYSeng
  • Biosynthesizer GESIM
  • Ceramics synthesis facilities
  • Contact angle Krüss DSA25S
  • Critical Point Dryer (Leica EM CPD300 auto)
  • DLP stereolithography Roland ARM-10
  • DLS Malvern
  • Envisiontec bioplotter
  • FTIR Nicolet iS50
  • Film caster (Elcometer 4340)
  • Fluorimeter and UV/vis
  • GPC aqueous and organic
  • Gas plasma FEMTO
  • ICP-MS (iCAP QC Quadrupole)
  • Mechanical tester (TA Electrofor Model: 3230-ES series III)
  • Milling machine Roland SRM-20
  • Nanoindenter Piuma Optics 11
  • Rheometer TA DHR 2 with UV light source
  • SEM (one at M4I: FEI Xl-30 and one in Chemelot: FEI TENEO)
  • Synthetic organic facilities
  • Triple-axis electrospinner (custom built)
  • Water contact angle (Kruss DSA 258)
  • XRD (Bruker D2 Phaser)

UM facilities

  • Animal husbandry facility
  • FACS facility (BD FACSAria Fusion)
  • NMR Bruker 700 MHz cryoprobe
  • VAS-lab (specialized facility for work with highly toxic compounds in a safe and controlled environment)

Microscopy

  • Inverted fluorescence microscope Nikon TI-S
  • Live cell imaging Nikon TI-E with environmental control and spinning disk (fully automated)
  • Slide scanning Nikon TI-E (fully automated)
  • Stereomicroscope with automatic capability SMZ25
  • Upright fluorescence microscope Nikon E-600

Fabrication & microfluidics

  • Cetoni neMESYS
  • Clean room (ISO 7, 20 m2) yellow light area
  • Heated press ServiTec Polystat 300s
  • Knife casting
  • Micromilling Minitech Mini-mill/GX
  • Microthermoforming
  • Nanoscribe (two photon polymerization nanolithography)
  • Plasma cleaner
  • Polymer thin film extrusion (Brabender)
  • Spin Coater
  • Sputter coater
  • UV LED lithography station

Computational resources

  • All-round processing desktop
    • Intel Core i7 8700 3.20 GHz CPU
    • 32 GB RAM
    • AMD Radeon RX550
    • 24 inch IPS monitor
    • 1TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
  • Image analysis desktop
    • Intel Xeon E5 3.10 GHz CPU
    • 64 GB RAM
    • NVIDIA Quadro K4200 4GB
    • 32 inch IPS monitor
    • 2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
  • Computational server
    • Remote HPZ820 Workstation
    • 2x Intel Xeon E5 2.80 GHz CPU (20 physical, 40 logical cores)
    • 128 GB RAM
    • NVIDIA Quadro K2000 2GB
    • Remote Storage
    • 200 TB mirrored storage
  • Image analysis server
    • 2x Intel Xeon 4116 2.40 GHz CPU
    • 128 GB RAM
    • NVIDIA Quadro P1000 4GB
    • 512 GB SSD
    • 4x 6TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drives