Biolab
Overview
The Biolab 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.
General equipment
- Fume hood
- Ice machine
- Supply of ultrapure water
- Laboratory dish mashing machine
- Cold storage (4°C, -20°C, -80°C, -150°C)
- Autoclave
- pH meter (Stationary, Portable, micro volume)
- Mixers
- Ultrasonic bath
- Water bath
- Hot plate with stirrer
- Pipettes (single- and multi-channel)
- Vacuum filtration device
| 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 |
| Dynamic light scattering (DLS) | Wyatt Nanostar with IR laser 785nm Cuvette-based min sample vol 4µL |
| Bench top 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 |
Access Policy
For general enquiries on the support labs, please contact your local contact or the lab manager of the labs. Users are advised to contact the lab manager to enquire about the use of specific equipment well in advance of their visit to MAX IV. Users are advised to book the lab and conduct risk assessment at least 2 weeks before their arrival using the following link and their DUO credentials:
https://lab-booking.maxiv.lu.se/login/
A face to face induction is required to get the access to the Biolab. The access is valid during the beamtime and for one year. Users will be contacted after their booking is confirmed to book the time for induction.
Safety information
Any work that is carried out in the Biolab must be suitably risk assessed in the lab booking form. Please contact the lab manager if you need more information.
Contacts
Yang Chen +46 (0) 722-356 446 Lab Manager of Bio and Chem labs