Other instrumentation
The following table shows other instruments, managed by Departments/Centres/Services other than FAST, but almost all purchased with capital funds, which can be used jointly subject to agreements with the owners.
| Instrument | Dip./Centre/Serv. | Contact | Location | Type(s) of employment | Shareability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agilent Seahorse XFp | CNRVF | Sergio Visentin | 19/B/10 | Measurement of oxygen consumption and pH changes in cell cultures (8 wells) | Experiment to be carried out by the reference person |
| Biotechne Jess ProteinSimple | FARVA | Antonietta Bernardo | 19/C/7 | Tool to standardize WB | Shareable with Neurosciences Dept. and MIPI |
| Epifluorescence microscope | MACA | Elisabetta Profumo, Brigitta Buttari | 1/B/15 | Cell culture analysis | Shared with FARVA |
| Thermocycler | MACA | Brigitta Buttari | 1/B/15 | Molecular PCR studies | Shareable |
| Protein and DNA detection system | MACA | Elisabetta Profumo | 1/B/15 | Protein and nucleic acid expression | Shared with FARVA |
| QX200 droplet reader digital PCR | SANV | Elisabetta Suffredini | 1/E/43 | Digital PCR | Can be used if you have a preparer. 2 sets of preparers present (1 for SANV and 1 for MEGE) |
| PHENOMASTER (behavioral monitoring tool) | SCIC | Simone Macrì | 6/B/25 | Behavioral monitoring in animal models | Shareable |
| OPERON (behavioral monitoring tool) | SCIC | Francesca Zoratto | 6/B/31 | Attentional and cognitive abilities in animal models | Shareable |
| Multimodal plate reader | OMM | Francesca Pedini | 1/G/35 | Plate reader | Use by those who already know how to use similar equipment |
| High performance refrigerated centrifuge with rotors | OMM | Francesca Pedini | 1/G/35 | Centrifuge | Shareable |
| Real time PCR | AIDS | Leonardo Sernicola | 6/A/93 | Real time PCR | Shared with GLOB, shareable upon request |
| Liquid scintillation counter | PRORA | Gennaro Venoso, Christian Di Carlo, Marco Ampollini | 53/A/6 | Scintillator | Shareable |
| System for optical radiation measurements, for measurements of ultraviolet radiation and visible and near-infrared radiation | PRORA | Alessandro Polichetti, Roberta Pozzi | 1/C/53 | UV and infrared radiation measurements | Shareable |
| Portable gamma spectrometer | PRORA | Gennaro Venoso, Christian Di Carlo, Marco Ampollini | 53/A/6 | Spectrometer | Shareable |
| Multidisciplinary sonographer | MEGE | Giuseppe Marano | 1/H/2b | Sonographer | Shareable |
| Instrument for electrophysiology on single cells | FARVA | Marcello Belfiore | 10/D/9 | Shareable | |
| Chemiluminescence analyzer | FARVA | Caterina Ambrosio, Andrea Cara | 1/G/90 | Radioactivity counter on 96-24 well plates, 4 ml vials. luminometer | Shareable |
| Cell free label equipment based on electrical impedance measurement | FARVA | Caterina Ambrosio | 1/H/26 | Biological assays in label-free conditions, based on electrical impedance. Proliferation assays, cell migration, signaling. | Yes, according to internal users of the requesting group. Furthermore, since the instrument uses particular plates for cell cultures (rather expensive), these plates are the responsibility of the user |
| Integrated system for western blotting | FARVA | Antonietta Bernardo | 19/C/8 | Study of proteins through Western Blot | Shared with NEURO and MIPI |
| ECLIPSE Ts2R-FL NIKON inverted fluorescence microscope | FARVA | Maria Cristina Grò | 1/H/40b | Microscopy | Shareable |
| Confocal scanning microscope with white laser | FARVA | Giuseppina Bozzuto | 1/B/43a | Microscopy | Shared with MEGE and MACA |
| ChemiDocTM MP Imaging System | FARVA | Antonella Ferrante | 1/H/6 | System for acquisition and quantification of nucleic acid and protein images | |
| Small animal ultrasound system | BENA | Ilaria Sciamanna | 6/B | Ultrasound scans | Shareable |
| Maldi-ToF-ToF Shimatzu | DMI | Marco Lalle, Laura Villa | 1/B/? | Mass spectrometry | Shareable |
| Quanterix SIMOA SR-X | NEURO | Caterina Veroni, Anna Poleggi | 19/B/4 | Ultrasensitive measurement of biomarkers | Shareable following training and under supervision |
| Chemiluminescence analyzer | NEURO | Maria Stefania Brignone | 19/B/8 | Shareable | |
| Semi-motorized rotary microtome | NEURO | Barbara Rosicarelli | 19/B/12 | Sample sections | Shareable |
| Bioprinter | TISP | Giuseppe D'Avenio | 1/C/86 | Bioprinting | Shareable |
| Victor Light 1420 (PerkinElmer) | FARVA | Caterina Ambrosio | 1/H/40 | Luminometer for plates | Use under the supervision of managers and after checking the availability of the instruments |
| Fluorolog (Jobin Yvon Horiba) | FARVA | Paola Molinari | 1/H/40 | Fluorometer for readings using cuvettes | Use under the supervision of managers and after checking the availability of the instruments |