Equipments

EQUIPMENTS

• 6 HPLC chromatographs (UV-visible detectors, fluorimetry, refractometry, DAD)
• 4 gas chromatographs (GC- FID and capillary columns; one coupled to mass spectrometry)
• Basic equipment for biochemistry and molecular cell biology (FPLC, electrophoresis, spectrophotometers, PCR, transient transfections, enzymatic assays, radioactive assays, ELISA, fluorescence, ...)
• Basic equipment for food analysis (Soxhlet, Kjeldahl, Fibertec, lyophilisator, ovens, calorimeter, incubators, centrifuges)
• Standard equipments for animal cell culture (4 fully equipped rooms with incubators, laminar flow hoods, microscopes, centrifuges, ...). Small scale bioreactors for animal cells (fully equipped for batch, fed batch and fixed bed perfusion)

The group has an expertise in food analysis:

• • Dry matter, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, etc...
  • Essential nutrients (fatty acids, vitamins, fibres, ...)
  • Anti-nutritional factors (glycoalcaloids) and contaminants (mycotoxins)

Access to:

• • FACS
  • microscopies: fluorescence, confocal, SEM, TEM
  • mass spectrometry