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The Nanowizard II - JPK-Bruker is designed for biological samples. It is equipped with a Zeiss fluorescence microscope and it is used for high resolution imaging and nanomechanical characterization.

The instrument allows topological images of biological samples, e.g. tissues and cells. It can be used as a nano-manipulation instrument, allowing modifications of the morphology of a substrate. For biological systems, it also allows the nano-stimulation of the sample.

The Raman Spectrometer XploRA Plus is a compact and fully automated micro-spectrometer using the vibrational Raman spectroscopy and an AFM for combined Raman-AFM and TERS. The operation modes combine confocal Raman, fluorescence and photoluminescesce imaging.

3D printing creates physical objects from digital designs by layering materials like polymers. Bioprinting, a specialized form, uses bioinks made of living cells and hydrogels to print tissues and organs. This innovative technology shows great potential in regenerative medicine, enabling the fabrication of skin, bone, cartilage, and possibly fully functional transplantable organs in the future.

Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope Leica TCS SP2 equipped with 3 fluorescence PMT detectors

Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope Leica TCS SP8 equipped with DMI8 microscope, FCS Picoquant module and with PMT detector for transmission imaging and 5 internal detectors.

This is a state of the arte confocal microscope with excitation given by laser lines at 454, 488, 514, 635 nm and equipped wit Hybrid PMT detectors. The system has spectral resolution on the images. In addition the microscope is equipped with a STED superresolution module.

NextSeq 550 is a NGS system capable of: Exome Sequencing; Targeted Gene Sequencing and whole genome; total RNA-Seq, mRNA-Seq, gene expression profiling; Cytogenomic Arrays.

DMA Star Systems – Mettler Toledo – allows Dynamic mechanical analysis to measure the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of materials as a function of temperature, time and frequency.

The ESCALAB QXi X-ray photoelectron spectrometer is a multi-technique platform for XPS, UPS, REELS and ISS spectroscopies, also equipped with a dual mode (monoatomic and cluster) ion gun. Moreover it has a charge compensation system to perform XPS on insulating samples.