Switzerland – Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) – Ein konfokales Rastermikroskop

EPFL intends to acquire a confocal scanning microscope for its Living Pattern Laboratory (LPL) within the Department of Basic Sciences (SB). The equipment will be used for cutting-edge research in biophysics. In line with EPFL's needs and the specific scientific objectives of its LPL laboratory, the focus will be on the following research areas: - Imaging of fixed immunofluorescence samples of "giant" cells (~200 µm), with the specific aim of determining the structure of cytoskeletal patterns and ciliary arrangement throughout the cell. - Imaging of expansion microscopy samples (~800 µm), with the aim of characterizing the arrangement of basal bodies in whole cells. - Live imaging of floating organisms and fluorescent beads to track the currents they generate. These currents occur at a speed of 400 µm/s.