Making and moving synaptic vesicles Synaptic vesicles have a well-defined composition at the synapse and are essential for neuronal function. Synaptic vesicle proteins (SVps) are trafficked in SV precursors out of the cell…

FACS Core Facility Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) is a technology with which mixtures of cells can be analyzed, counted and separated with a special instrument, the flow cytometer. This procedure is already being…

Research IT Large-volume datasets and complex IT infrastructures have become an integral aspect of modern life science research. Thereby, workflows for the management and efficient processing of research data have become…

Imaging Core Facility Light microscopy is of great importance in all fields of biological research. The Imaging Core Facility of the Biozentrum is a technology platform for the use of highly developed light microscopes. Our…

Proteomics Core Facility Proteomics analyzes the full complement of proteins in an organism (the proteome), at a particular moment in time, by means of mass spectrometry. The Proteomics Core Facility makes the latest…

Bacteria may be small, but they have a remarkable ability to adapt. They colonize a wide variety of habitats – from the human gut to hot springs – and respond with great flexibility to changes in their environment. One…

BioEM Lab In recent years, electron microscopy has developed to become the method of choice for structural biology research. The structural information obtained can be combined with insights from cellular level electron…

Biophysics Facility A growing range of techniques has been developed to characterise the physical properties of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. These biophysical techniques enable us to…

Library The Biozentrum library offers access to the virtual library , to e-journals , e-books and databases in the field of biosciences. It offers support in searching, in ordering articles, in acquiring monographs and in…

Central Mechanical Workshop The requirements for lab apparatus are as diverse as the research topics at the Biozentrum. For this reason, you will find a whole range of non-commercially available devices and installations…