Equipment

We have a range of equipment at our facility that can be accessed through discussion with the system owners.

Automation

Biomek NX and Biomek FX

Liquid handling robot

To book, please email: nhan.pham@ed.ac.uk 

BioTek 405

Automated platewasher and cell labelling

To book, please email: nhan.pham@ed.ac.uk

Electrochemistry

Autolab PGSTAT101

Potentiostat for general electrochemical measurements

To book, please email: l.meng@ed.ac.uk

Biologic SP200 potentiostat 

Biologic SP200 potentiostat with impedance and analogic ramp generator to enable super-fast (megavolt per second) potential scanning and data sampling

To book, please email: l.meng@ed.ac.uk 

Custom made manual potentiostat for nanoscale electrochemistry 

Used for nanoscale electrochemical measurements

To book, please email: l.meng@ed.ac.uk

Imaging

Bespoke Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscope

This microscope can be used for single-molecule or super-resolution imaging. 

To book, please email: mathew.horrocks@ed.ac.uk

IncuCyte Zoom

Live cell imaging microscope

To book, please email: nhan.pham@ed.ac.uk 

InVia Raman microscope

A Raman microscope with 532nm and 785nm lasers.

To book, please email: colin.campbell@ed.ac.uk

Leica DM5500 B

General use for pipette observation

To book, please email: l.meng@ed.ac.uk

Oxford Nanoimager

Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscope for super-resolution imaging. 

To book, please email: mathew.horrocks@ed.ac.uk

Micropipette pulling

Sutter P-87 pipette puller

Designed to create micro/nanopipettes from glass capillary tubes. The device utilises a controlled heat source and a mechanical pulling mechanism to generate precisely tapered pipettes for various scientific applications.

To book, please email: l.meng@ed.ac.uk

Narishige PC-100 micropipette puller

PC-100 enables the user to produce many kinds of pipettes including pipettes with a tip of several 10µm to be used for the experiments in biotechnology, those with a tip of a few micrometres to be used for the experiments in electrophysiology, and even those with a tip in the region of 1µm. 

To book, please email: l.meng@ed.ac.uk