Facilities in Molecular & Cell Biology

The School of Biological Sciences occupies an 8-floor building with a wide range of state-of-the-art equipment for experimental biology, biotechnology, food and nutritional science, ecology, systematics, animal behaviour, plant and animal science and other areas of research.

We also have two Central Facilities Laboratories equipped with sophisticated equipment e.g. ICP-OES, GCMS, GCQQQ triple quadrupole, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope, Extracellular Flux Analyzer, Flow Injection Analyzer, Flow Cytometer and Cell Sorter Workstation, Microcalorimeter, Microwave Digester, Plant Growth Chamber, Texture analyser, etc

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope with Multiphoton System

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope with Multiphoton System

Due to the high resolution images and 3-D reconstructions in confocal laser scanning microscopy, it is widely used in numerous biological science disciplines, from cell biology and genetics to microbiology and developmental biology. CLSM is broadly used in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology studies, as well as morphological studies of cells and tissues; besides, the growing use of new fluorescent proteins coupling this modern microscopic research and cell biology research.

Other applications include resonance energy transfer, stem cell research, photobleaching studies, lifetime imaging, multiphoton microscopy, total internal reflection, DNA hybridization, membrane and ion probes, bioluminescent proteins, and epitope tagging.

Extracellular Flux Analyzer

Extracellular Flux Analyzer

Seahorse XF Analyzers measure oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and extracellular acidification rate (ECAR) of live cells in a multi-well plate, interrogating key cellular functions such as mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis. XF Analyzers perform compound addition and mixing, label-free analytical detection, and automatic measurement of OCR and ECAR in real time.

Flow Cytometer and Cell Sorter Workstation

Flow Cytometer and Cell Sorter Workstation

Cell Sorting, Cell surface antigen analysis, Immunophenotyping, Cytoplasmic antigen analysis, Cell counting, Cell Viability, Cell proliferation, Cell cycle analysis, Cell cycle-related proteins analysis, Cell cycle kinetics (Bromodeoxyuridine uptake), Bivariate (DNA/proteins) flow cytometric analysis, Apoptosis, Caspase activity, Organelle function, Phosphorylated proteins, DNA fragmentation, Membrane asymmetry, Calcium influx, Rare event analysis.

Microwave Digester

Microwave Digester

A pretreatment system to digest the sample for AAS, HPLC, ICP and so on

Plant Growth Chamber

Plant Growth Chamber

For growing of plant in a controlled environment

For more details about the facilities in the Division of Molecular & Cell Biology, please visit Facilities.