Description of Lab
The Biolab provides the facilities to integrate biological material with electronics with research focus spanning bioelectronics for med-tech and smart agriculture, plant biohybrids, and cell/bacteria hybrid “living electronics”.
In the Biolab we grow plants, bacteria, and cells that can be coupled to electronic materials and devices to blur the border between biology and technology to monitor, influence, and even optimize biological functions. We create novel bio-electronic materials using 3D printers and perform electroanalytical and optical measurements to evaluate and characterize biological samples.
Key features
- Sterile working areas and equipment for cell cultivation of mammalian cells
- Equipment for cell monitoring and characterization
- Areas and equipment for bacterial cultivation and characterization
- Approval for working with specific GMM
- 3D printing of biological samples
- Measurement techniques for electroanalytical characterization
- Controlled growth environment for plants
- Plant physiology characterization tools
Equipment & Resources
Cell/bacteria Lab
- BioX and InkCredible 3D printers
- Autoclaves, incubators, and centrifuges
- Biosafety benches and fume hoods
- Plate reader
- Luna II Cell counter
- ZOE Fluorescent cell imager
e-Greenhouse Lab
- Plant growth chambers
- Greenhouse
- Hydroponics set-up
- LI-6800 Portable photosynthesis systems
- Laminar airflow (LAF) bench
- FLIR thermal camera
Measurement and Analysis Lab
- QCM-D
- Gamry and Autolab potentiostats
- SourceMeters (Keithely 2600 series)
- Electrophysiology setup
- Confocal microscopy (Zeiss LSM 980)
- Fluorescence microscopy (Nikon Eclipse Ni-E)
- Stereo (long-working distance) microscope
- Four-axis motorized micromanipulator system
- Emission spectrometry