Facilities

Chemistry lab and Molecular Biology lab facilities – room 221, Sciences II building

A basic chemistry lab is available in the Department of Physical Chemistry for sample preparation. It includes a UV-vis spectrometer, a fluorimeter equipped with four cuvettes and a temperature controller, and an airfuge to centrifuge minimal sample volumes.

Our students have at disposal a fully equipped molecular biology lab in the ‘PROTEINS, PEPTIDES and RNA to Protein Core Facility (PPR2P)’ at UNIGE.

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Benchtop X-band cw spectrometer - room 221, Sciences II building   

 

Magnettech's benchtop EPR spectrometer, the MiniScope MS 5000 operating at 9.5 GHz for room temperature cw EPR experiments.
Used routinely to test labeling and characterize the dynamics of the side chain at RT.

 

 

 

 

 

Bruker X-band cw spectrometer - room 212, Sciences II building

 

Continuous wave X-band Bruker EPR spectrometer, operating at 9.2-9.8 GHz for cw EPR experiments at variable temperatures. Equipped with a nitrogen flow cryostat which allows stabilizing temperatures in the range of 100-400 K.
Used routinely to characterize the dynamics of spin probes, detecting kinetics of conformational changes via 2D experiments or monitoring LLPS formation at variable temperatures.

 

 

 

 

 

AWG Q-band pulsed spectrometer, - room 103, Sciences II building

 

Bruker ElexSys AWG Q-band pulsed spectrometer operating at 33-35 GHz. Equipped with a Spin Jet IF bridge, and an Applied System Engineering Q-band TWT K187 (max 200 W output power). The sample is cooled at cryogenic temperatures via a He-flow cryostat which will be replaced in February 2023 by a cryo-free system from CRYOGENIC. Two home-built TE001 pulse probes (OD 3 mm sample tubes) kindly gifted by Prof. G. Jeschke, ETHZ are available.