Research infrastructure
Here below you can find the current research equipment and infrastructure that can be borrowed/used and whom to contact.
| DEVICE | PRODUCER | PIECES | DESCRIPTION | CONTACT |
| Stereotactic frame | Stoelting | 2 | Device for stereotactic brain surgery in animals | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Magstim Rapid2 Plus1 magnetic stimulator | Magstim | 2 | Neurostimulation device (rTMS and TBS, stimulates at frequencies from 1 Hz to 100 Hz) | Sara.Dewitte@UGent.be |
| NeuroConn DC-stimulator (MR proved) | Neuroconn | 1 | tDCS device (1 channel, max intensity of 2,000 µA, max stimulation time of 30 min) | Sara.Dewitte@UGent.be |
| Brainsight neuronavigation system | Rogue | 1 | MR-guided neuronavigation | Sara.Dewitte@UGent.be |
| Biopac MP150 | Biopac | 2 | Physiological measurements such as HRV, RR, PPG, skin conductance, … | Sara.Dewitte@UGent.be |
| Eyetracker tobii spectrum pro | tobii | 1 | Measures subject's eye movements | Sara.Dewitte@UGent.be |
| Leitz labovert FS microscope | Leica | 1 | Inverted transmitted-light microscope | Els.Vanmaelsaeke@ugent.be |
| Embedding tissue machine | Leica | 1 | For placing cells or tissue into paraffin blocks for microtome sectioning | Els.Vanmaelsaeke@ugent.be |
| Autostainer Link 48 | Dako -Agilent | 1 | Immunohistochemistry stainer | Els.Vanmaelsaeke@ugent.be |
| MyiQ i cycler 96 well | Bio-Rad | 1 | Real Time PCR | Els.Vanmaelsaeke@ugent.be |
| SliceMaster 4-channel perfusion system | Scientifica SM-3000-G | 1 | Perfusion system | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Microtome VT 1200S | Leica | 1 | Vibratome | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Video-EEG set-up | / | 8 | Electrophysiological measurement and stimulation of rats | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Open field | / | 1 | Behavioral test in separate room | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Novel object test | / | 1 | Behavioral test in separate room | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Light dark box | / | 1 | Behavioral test in separate room | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Elevated plus maze | / | 1 | Behavioral test in separate room | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Attentional set shifting task | / | 1 | Behavioral test in separate room | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Cylinder test | / | 1 | Behavioral test in separate room | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| Forced swim test | / | 2 | Behavioral test in separate room | Robrecht.Raedt@UGent.be |
| FACS Canto II (3 lasers) | BD | 1 | Flow cytometry | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Bio-Plex (Luminex 200) | Biorad | 1 | Analyzer for multiplexing up to 100 analytes per sample | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Multiskan FC ELISA reader (filter 450, 492, 540, 570, 620, 750 nm) | Thermo Scientific | 1 | Measure absorbance | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Biohazard LAF cabinet | Clean Air | 1 | Class II Biological Safety Cabinet | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Biohazard LAF cabinet | Steril | 1 | Class II Biological Safety Cabinet | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Centrifuge 5810 R (cell lab) | Eppendorf | 1 | Refrigerated centrifuge for 1,5/2 ml tubes, 5/15/50 ml tubes, microtiter plates | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Cytospin 4 | Thermo Shandon | 1 | Centrifuge for preparing cytospins | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Tissue Lyser LT | Qiagen | 1 | Small bead mill providing fast, effective disruption of up to 12 samples at the same time | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Power Pac Basic | Biorad | 1 | Western blotting | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Mini Protean Tetra Cell | Biorad | 1 | Western blotting | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Criterion Blotter | Biorad | 1 | Western blotting | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Power Lab 8/30 Data Recording System | ADInstruments | 1 | Data acquisition system for organbath experiments | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| MultiStim System D330 | Digitimer Ltd | 1 | Power system for field stimulation of tissue and organ baths systems | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| Tissue bath station including 8 tissue baths | Linton Instrumentation/ADInstruments | 1 | Tissue bath station including 8 tissue baths | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| MLT0201 force transducers and tissue hooks with electrodes | Panlab | 1 | MLT0201 force transducers and tissue hooks with electrodes | Philippe.Gevaert@UGent.be |
| EEG acquisition system 1 | Micromed | 1 | EEG up to 64 channels (up to 2 KHz sampling) | Evelien.Carrette@UGent.be |
| tVNS | Cerbomed | 7 | tVNS devices for non-invasive VNS via stimulation of the ear (cymba concha) | Evelien.Carrette@UGent.be |
| nVNS | Electrocor | 1 | Non-invasive VNS via stimulation in the neck | Evelien.Carrette@UGent.be |
| TMS + neuronavigation | MAGventure | 1 | TMS system able to provide rTMS with neuronavigation | Evelien.Carrette@UGent.be |
| TNS | Neurosigma | 1 | Trigeminus nerve stimulation device (including sham device) | Evelien.Carrette@UGent.be |
| E-Prime dongle | E-Prime | 4 | Dongle with E-Prime software | Evelien.Carrette@UGent.be |
| Brain Analyzer dongle | Brain Products | 2 | Dongle with Brain Analyzer software | Evelien.Carrette@UGent.be |
| Pupillometry set-up | View-Point | 1 | Pupillometry | Evelien.Carrette@UGent.be |