© Institute of Physiology II

Biophysical Instruments

  • © Institute of Physiology II

    BioScope Catalyst (Buker, Santa Barbara) combined with a Leica DMI 6000 B FL-microscope

    Location: Institute of Physiology II
    Group: AG Schwab
    Contact Person: PD Dr. Hermann Schillers
    Tel.: 0251 83-55328, Hermann.Schillers@uni-muenster.de

    Applications & Info:combined AFM and fluorescence microscopy measurements on living cells

    • imaging
    • force spectroscopy
    • quantitative nanomechanical mapping (PFQNM) (very low time resolution)
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    CellHesion 200 (JPK, Berlin)

    Location: Institute of Physiology II
    Group: AG Schwab
    Contact Person: PD Dr. Hermann Schillers
    Tel.: 0251 83-55328, Hermann.Schillers@uni-muenster.de

    Applications & Info:
    measurements on living cells

    • single cell force spectroscopy (SCFS)
    • force spectroscopy
    • pulling range 100 µm
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    MultiMode 5 (Bruker, Santa Barbara) equipped with a Nanoscope IIIa controller

    Location: Institute of Physiology II
    Group: AG Schwab
    Contact Person: PD Dr. Hermann Schillers
    Tel.: 0251 83-55328, Hermann.Schillers@uni-muenster.de

    Applications & Info:
    Measurements on living cells

    • imaging
    • force spectroscopy
    • scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM)
  • © Institute of Physiology II

    MultiMode 5 (Bruker, Santa Barbara) equipped with a Nanoscope IIIa controller

    Location: Institute of Physiology II
    Group: AG Schwab
    Contact Person: PD Dr. Hermann Schillers
    Tel.: 0251 83-55328, Hermann.Schillers@uni-muenster.de

    Applications & Info:
    Measurements on living cells

    • imaging
    • force spectroscopy
    • scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM)
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    MultiMode 5 (Bruker, Santa Barbara) equipped with a Nanoscope Va controller

    Location: Institute of Physiology II
    Group: AG Schwab
    Contact Person: PD Dr. Hermann Schillers
    Tel.: 0251 83-55328, Hermann.Schillers@uni-muenster.de

    Applications & Info:
    Measurements on living cells

    • imaging
    • force spectroscopy
    • scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM)
  • CiM-funded

    NanoWizard 3 (JPK, Berlin) combined with a Leica TCS SP8 (LSCM)

    © Institute of Physiology II

    Location: Institute of Physiology II
    Group: AG Schwab
    Contact Person: PD Dr. Hermann Schillers
    Tel.: 0251 83-55328, Hermann.Schillers@uni-muenster.de

    Applications & Info:
    Simultaneous AFM and LSCM measurements on living cells

    • imaging

    • force spectroscopy

    • quantitative imaging (QI)

  • © ZMBE

    Nikon Eclipse Ti with optical tweezers system

    Location: Institute for cell biology
    Group: AG Raz
    Contact Person: Łukasz Truszkowski
    l_trus01@wwu.de, Tel. lab: 0251 83-58618, Tel. office: 0251 83-52110

    Applications & Info:

    • Fluorescence imaging, Optical tweezers
    • Inverted microscope. The system is suitable for optical manipulation of small objects in the sample.
  • © ZMBE / AG Betz
    CiM funded

    Nikon Eclipse TiE with spinning disk unit and optical tweezers system

    Location: ZMBE, Institute of Cell Biology
    Group: AG Betz
    Contact Person: Prof. Timo Betz
    timo.betz@uni-muenster.de, Tel.: 0251 83-53023

    Applications & Info:

    • Multiplexed optical tweezer + force sensor
    • UV cutting
    • Simultaneous tweezing/cutting + Spinning disk confocal microscopy