Facilities & Instruments
Zauscher Lab Instruments
Asylum Research MFP 3-D Atomic Force Microscope for high resolution AFM imaging and surface force measurements. The instrument is equipped for Dynamic Shear Force Microscopy, a high resolution, high contrast imaging mode developed in the Zauscher laboratory.
BIAcore 1000. Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) based biomolecular interactions analysis (binding rate and equilibrium dissociation constants).
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1 of the 2 multimode atomic force microscopes for high resolution AFM imaging and surface force measurements
• Bioscope Atomic Force Microscope (Bruker/Digital Instruments) on an inverted Zeiss Axiovert microscope equipped with ratiometric fluorescence imaging. This instrument allows simultaneous optical/fluoresecence and AFM imaging.
Rame-Hart contant angle goniometer.
We are in the process of building a custom built, angle resolved SPR for protein and biomolecular adsorption measurements.
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Additional Equipment
- • QCM-D, quartz microbalance with dissipation monitoring (D-300, Q-sense, Biolin AB). Used for supported lipid bilayer measurements over a range of temperatures.
- • QCM 200, quartz crystal balance with flow cell (SRS). Used for general protein or molecular adsorption measurements.
- • Meiji reflectance microscope with long working distance objectives. This microscope is dedicated for fabrication of colloidal probe AFM cantilevers.
- • Zeiss zoom stereomicroscope.
- • Zeiss Axiovert 100TV, optical microscope equipped for multi-wavelength fluorescence imaging and FRAP measurements.
- • 18 MΏ/cm water filtration and polishing system
- • Thermostated vacuum-oven (Fisher)
- • 1Mhz lock-in amplifier (Ametek) and function generators (Wavetek and SRS) for Dynamic Shear Force Microscopy (DSFM).
Shared Facilities
