Overview
The Biological lab at MAX IV is the central laboratory facility for the support of life-science synchrotron experiments. The lab complements the sample preparation facilities at different beamlines by offering extended instrumentation access and support.
Available equipment at the biological lab
| Equipment | Specification |
| Anaerobic chamber | Coy Vinyl unheated 2 pers |
| Stereomicroscope #1 | Leica M125C 8x-100x, in the anaerobic chamber |
| Stereomicroscope #2 | Nikon SMZ25 6.3x-157.5x, motorization |
| HPLC with fractionator | Agilent system (CoSAXS in-line) |
| Gel system | BioRad gel electrophoresis and documentation |
| UV-Vis spectrophotometer | Nanodrop OneC with touch screen and cuvette option |
| UV-Vis spectrophotometer | IMPLEN Nanospectrophotometer N60 with touch screen and vortex |
| Dynamic light scattering (DLS) | Wyatt Nanostar with IR laser 785nm Cuvette-based min sample vol 4µL |
| Benchtop centrifuge | VWR Mega Star, swing bucket with adaptor for 50mL&15mL tubes, Plates |
| Microcentrifuge | Eppendorf 5424R with FastTemp function, 1.5mL /2mL tubes |
| Minicentrifuge | Eppendorf MiniSpin Plus, non-refrigerated |
| Microfluidic flow setup with microscope | Elveflow system; Nikon Ci-L microscope with phase contrast |
| Centrifuge | VWR Ministar |
| ThermoShaker | VWR Thermo Shake Lite |
| Mini Incubator | Gilson bench-top incubator -15°C – 60°C |
| Incubated Rotator | Benchmark Roto-Therm™ Plus, 1.5mL-50mL tubes, 5-60°C |
| UV-Vis Spectrophotometer | Agilent Cary 60 double beam with xenon lamp- Cuvette and fiber optics coupler, external cell holder in glovebox |
| pH meter | stationary and portable |
| Freeze Dryer | Labconco, -50°C, 2.5L |