Department of Biotechnology

Cleanroom Laboratory

Clean rooms, lithography equipment (photoresist deposition, illumination, mask casting, nanoimprint lithography), direct laser lithography, bonding equipment (thermal, adhesive and anodic bonding process, hot embossing), dry plasma etching (DRIE), wet etching processes, sputtering and vapor deposition of metals, microscopic inspection of microstructures, profilometer, Hitachi scanning electron microscope.
Contact: Mgr. Jan Malý, Ph.D., Mgr. Marcel Štofik, Ph.D.

Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory

HITACHI HT2780 transmission electron microscope, sample sputter coater, critical point drying equipment, other sample preparation equipment
Contact: Mgr. Marcel Štofik, Ph.D., MSc. Dominika Wróbel, Ph.D.

Atomic Force Microscopy Laboratory

Integra Vita atomic force microscope (NTMDT) and accessories
Contact: Mgr. Alena Semerádtová, Ph.D.

Laboratory of Optical Microscopy

Confocal microscope LEICA TCS SP8 DLS – combination of confocal microscope and digital light sheet system for observation of larger objects (fish embryos, 3D cell cultures), inverted FL microscope Olympus IX71 (2 pcs) – automatic sample shifting, combined LED source, combination with dosing devices from Elveflow (2 pcs) for perfusion culture experiments and testing of microfluidic devices), binocular FL microscope
Contact: Ing. Stanislav Vinopal, Ph.D.

Tissue Culture Laboratory

Registered as a GMO laboratory, 4 laminar biohazard boxes, 4 CO2 incubators, deep freezing box, cryotanks for liquid nitrogen, inverted microscope, automatic cell counter, Attune NXT flow cytometer, SONY SH2000 cell sorter and other necessary equipment
Contact: MSc. Dominika Wróbel, Ph.D.

Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Registered as a GMO laboratory, Beckman ultracentrifuge, Beckman large-volume hall centrifuge, controlled fermentor, FPLC system, thermocycler for PCR, equipment for qRT-PCR Roche, electrophoresis, Bio-documentation system, other common laboratory equipment for molecular-biological methods and analyses (work with DNA, RNA and proteins, molecular cloning, immunohistochemistry, quantitative analysis of gene expression changes, etc.).
Contact: Mgr. Michaela Liegertová, Ph.D.

Laboratory for preparation and characterization of biological samples

precision balances, scales, pH meters, shakers, centrifuges, autoclaves, refrigerators, ice source, chemicals storeroom
Contact: Mgr. Jan Malý, Ph.D.

Cold room

Laboratory for the preparation, isolation and characterisation of biological samples at low temperatures.
Contact: Mgr. Jan Malý, Ph.D.

3D Printing Technology Laboratory

3D stereolithographic printing, SLA printers
Contact: Mgr. Marcel Štofik, Ph.D.

Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology and Biophysics

Spectrofluorimeter with module for polarized FL measurement, CD spectrophotometer, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, equipment for dynamic light scattering and zeta-potential measurements, microcalorimeters – micro DSC and micro ITC, microarray printer, microarray reader, analytical ultracentrifuge, combined microplate spectrofluorimeter-UV-VIS absorption-luminescence reader
Contact: MSc. Dominika Wróbel, Ph.D.

Laboratory of model organisms I.

Ministry of Agriculture accreditation for the use of laboratory fish Danio rerio in an experiment to study the developmental toxicity of nanomaterials and to test different types of nanoparticles (synthetic and biological origin) for targeted drug delivery, controlled rearing facility, binocular microscope with micromanipulator
Contact: Mgr. Michaela Liegertová, Ph.D.

Laboratory of model organisms II.

Breeding box Bio-C36 for extension of Ministry of Agriculture accreditation for short-term storage of laboratory rodents. The main use of these models will be for obtaining primary, especially embryonic, cell cultures.
Contact: Ing. Stanislav Vinopal, Ph.D.

Laboratory of microabrasive methods

Specialized laboratory for the preparation of microfluidic chips in glass.
Contact: Mgr. Marcel Štofik, Ph.D.