Teaching and Practice Laboratory Equipment

Stereo microscopes allow specimens to be examined and dissected, providing a three-dimensional image through binocular viewing.

• Imaging, sorting and preparation of plants, animals, embryos, eggs and larvae,
• Studying the anatomy of small animals such as worms, snails, spiders, frogs and mice,
• Examining the morphology of plant organs,
• Searching for and identifying parasites such as mites, ticks, fleas and lice and their larvae,
• Surgical procedures on small animals,
• Collecting and grading equine or bovine embryos for subsequent transfer or freezing for breeding purposes.

• Supports all work performed with a conventional light microscope.
• Provides high-efficiency material examination and documentation.
• Specimens can be documented exactly as seen through the eyepiece, at a quality suitable for publication.
• The ZEISS Axiolab 5 supports examination of materials with all basic contrast methods, such as darkfield and Differential Interference Contrast.
• The light manager ensures uniform brightness at all objective magnifications, eliminating the need for manual adjustment.

An inverted microscope is a type of compound microscope in which the light source and condenser are positioned above the specimen and the objectives below it. Its fluorescence filters also make it possible to image the emission, at the appropriate wavelength, of cellular structures labelled with special dyes. Its integrated camera allows the cells under examination to be displayed on a computer screen and photographed.

• Determining cell and tissue content at the molecular level,
• Determining the concentration of substances in cells/tissues,
• Visualising cells and intracellular/extracellular components that cannot be distinguished with light microscopy staining methods,
• It is used in cancer and genetic research.

• Used to sterilise materials such as glass and metal using dry heat.

• Used to remove liquid from a material by evaporation at a set temperature, allowing the material to be stored for longer periods.

• Allows heat-sensitive substances to be dried at low temperatures using reduced pressure.

• A versatile imaging system for gels and western blots, specially designed for multiplex fluorescent western blotting, chemiluminescence imaging and general gel documentation.
• Offers a high-resolution CCD camera, high-sensitivity detection technology and modular lens options.
• The ChemiDoc MP imaging system enables imaging of a wide variety of sample types, including multiplex fluorescent western blots.
• The ideal companion system for protein and DNA electrophoresis, offering quantitative, reproducible fluorescent results as well as chemiluminescent and colorimetric detection.
• Reduces protein imaging with fluorescent staining under UV to 5 minutes, eliminating the 2-hour Coomassie blue staining and subsequent destaining procedure.

• Automatically washes samples during the ELISA procedure and removes waste.

• A device used to detect and measure biological, chemical or physical events in samples using microtitre plates.

• Used to identify materials by spectroscopic analysis, measuring the properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• An economical, high-quality instrument suited to a very wide range of applications, from routine food and environmental quality control testing to life science analyses.
• Wavelength range: 190–1100 nm
• Used to identify materials by spectroscopic analysis, measuring the properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Can perform measurements with sample volumes as low as 1–2 µl.
• Its measurement wavelength range is 220–800 nm.
• Used to identify materials by spectroscopic analysis, measuring the properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Can perform measurements with sample volumes as low as 1–2 µl.
• Its measurement wavelength range is 220–800 nm.

• At room temperature (25°C), it holds samples in boiling liquid nitrogen (-196°C) (liquid and vapour phases), creating a cryogenic environment for storing samples that must be kept at very low temperatures.
• Nitrogen tanks are systems that allow biological samples to be stored for many years without deterioration or loss of structure.

• Areas of Use

  · Bone Marrow Transplant Units

  · Biobanks

  · Bioarchives

  · Gene Banks

  · IVF Centres

  · Research Laboratories

  · GMP Laboratories

  · Stem Cell Centres

  · Cord Blood Centres and Banks

  · Heart Valve Centres and Laboratories

• Used to identify materials by spectroscopic analysis, measuring the properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Can perform measurements with sample volumes as low as 1–2 µl.
• Its measurement wavelength range is 220–800 nm.

In light microscopes, beams of visible-wavelength light emitted from a light source pass through the specimen, and the image magnified by the lenses is perceived by the observer according to differences in contrast, density and thickness.

• All kinds of biological materials (blood, urine, sperm),
• Flowers, leaves and other plant structures,
• The bodies and organelles of insects,
• Non-living materials (soil, feed, minerals, etc.) can be examined with it.

• A cryotome is a special microtome used to preserve certain substances, such as lipids, while preparing thin sections of cells or tissues.

• A microtome is an important instrument used in preparing materials for histopathological examination under visible light (light microscopy) or electron beams (electron microscopy).

• Used to determine the acidic/basic properties of solutions by measuring their pH.

• Used to store materials that must be preserved at low temperatures for long periods.
• There are 2 units: one in active use and one as backup.

• Used to mix samples homogeneously by means of a magnetic field while heating them.

• Western blotting is a molecular biology technique for analysing a specific protein in tissue. It allows the presence, size, concentration and concentration changes of a protein in tissue to be investigated, as well as comparison of concentrations between different groups.

• Gel electrophoresis is used to separate charged molecules such as DNA and RNA by size. When an electric current is applied, charged molecules move through a gel towards the opposite charge. Smaller molecules migrate through the gel faster, while larger fragments migrate more slowly and therefore travel a shorter distance.

• Used to provide a suitable environment for growth in solid cell cultures by maintaining a constant temperature.

• Produces ice for experiments in which the cold chain is important and the ambient temperature must be lowered to prevent organic degradation.

• Used for temperature-dependent enzyme activity applications and constant-temperature incubation.
• There are 3 units in the laboratory.

• Ensures homogeneous mixing of chemical mixtures.
• Speed and duration are adjustable.
• There are 3 units in the laboratory.

• The device prepares fixed tissue for embedding by immersing tissue cassettes in chemical solutions for set periods.

• Used to provide a suitable environment for growth in cell or microorganism cultures by maintaining a constant temperature.

• Used to weigh materials for analyses requiring high-precision measurement.

PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) is the general name for reactions used to enzymatically amplify a specific region of DNA. In short, the PCR method can be described as the repeated mimicking of DNA replication over a set number of cycles.

It can also be defined as the cloning of a nucleic acid sequence “in vitro”, i.e. outside a living organism. The PCR test is a molecular diagnostic technique. Able to detect even very small numbers of microbes, it is an advanced and highly sensitive technique among molecular diagnostic tests.

• PCR is widely used in medical and biological research laboratories,
• Diagnosis of hereditary diseases,
• Identification of genetic fingerprints,
• Diagnosis of infectious diseases,
• Gene cloning,
• and in various other areas such as paternity testing and DNA analysis.

Real-time PCR is a method that can detect the amplification of DNA or mRNA samples and the quantity of the products in a single tube. It was developed from conventional PCR following the introduction of fluorescence techniques into molecular genetic methods. It is an amplification method that uses fluorescently labelled probes and dyes to visualise and monitor PCR amplification, with fluorescence increasing in direct proportion to the DNA produced. Areas of use:

• Detection of pathogens,
• Diagnosis of sex-linked diseases,
• Oncological studies,
• Genetic studies,
• Prenatal diagnosis studies

• Used to provide a suitable environment for growth in liquid cell cultures by maintaining a constant temperature, with a shaking system that mixes at set angles.

• Separates liquid cultures and mixtures by spinning them at high speed, based on the principle of sedimentation according to particle size.
• Capacity of 24 × 1.5 or 2.0 ml tubes.
• Maximum speed is 14,800 rpm – 21,100 g.
• During centrifugation, the temperature can be set as required between -9°C and +40°C.

• Separates liquid cultures and mixtures by spinning them at high speed, based on the principle of sedimentation according to particle size.
• Its refrigeration system prevents heat generated by rotation from affecting the samples.
• Used to separate temperature-sensitive substances.
• With its rotor for 50 ml and 15 ml conical tubes, it can reach 5000 rpm or 4696 x g.

• Homogeneity is important for chemical solutions. The device creates a magnetic field to stir chemical liquids prepared in vessels such as beakers and Erlenmeyer flasks at the appropriate temperature and speed.
• There are 2 units in the laboratory.

• Mechanically disrupts solid components or homogenises sediments in liquid mixtures.

• Allows wide-based plate-format materials, such as ELISA plates and liquid cell culture plates, to be incubated at the desired temperature.