Micro Solutions / Life Science
Microbiology
Includes bacteriology, mycology, parasitology
Research tasks and methods
- Culture-based diagnostics
- Aerobic isolation and cultivation
- Anaerobic cultivation
- Blood culture (sepsis diagnostics)
- Mycobacteriology (tuberculosis)
- Mycology (yeast and mycelial fungi)
- Microorganism identification
- Mass Spectrometric Identification (MALDI-TOF)
Cross reference: O9.1.1
- Biochemical and phenotypic identification
- Molecular identification and genotyping of strains
Cross-reference: E2.3, E2.6.2
- Mass Spectrometric Identification (MALDI-TOF)
- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
- Disco-diffusive
- Definition of IPC (microdilution, gradient tests)
- Automated ID/AST systems
- Identification of resistance mechanisms
- Sanitary microbiology and environmental monitoring
- Microbiological control of air and surfaces
- Microbiological control of water
- Sterility and microbial load control (bioburden)
- Cleanroom monitoring
- Sample preparation, inoculation, and result recording
- Homogenization and serial breeding of samples
- Automatic and spiral inoculation
- Preparation, sterilization and bottling of nutrient media
- Colonial counting and automatic recording of results
- Parasitology
- Coproovoscopy and methods of concentration
- Blood test for hemoparasites (malaria, etc.)
- Special colors and microscopy of parasites
- Microbiome and metagenomics
- Community Profiling (16S/ITS, Shotgan)
Cross-link: E2.3
- Metagenomic diagnosis of infections
- Community Profiling (16S/ITS, Shotgan)
Relevant equipment categories
- Multimodal microplate readers
- UV/Vide spectrophotometers, including microvolume
- Fluorimeters and luminometers
- Osmometers.
- Clinical and routine laboratory microscopes
- Desktop centrifuges and microcentrifuges
- Refrigerated and floor centrifuges
- Mechanical and electronic pipettes
- Pipette tips for pipettes, including with filter
- Wortexes, shakers, rotators
- Thermostats and shaker incubators
- Water and oil baths
- Laboratory and pharmaceutical refrigerators
- Freezers -20 / -40 °C
- Ultra-temperature freezers -86 °C
- Type I-III water production systems
- Anaerobic boxes and workstations
- Hypoxic workstations
- Thermostats and Microbiological Incubators
- Drying cabinets and ovens
- Automatic sterilizers-preparers of media
- Media dispensers in test tubes and vials
- Machines bottling in petri dishes
- Automatic diluents and gravimetric dilutors
- Scapular homogenizers of samples (type Stomacher)
- Microbiological consumption
- Automatic Colony Counters
- Steam sterilizers (autoclaves)
- Spiral seeding devices
- Systems of automatic accounting of suppression zones (ABH)
- Colonial hand counters and viewing magnifiers
- Microbiological air samplers
- Membrane filtration installations for sterility control
- Hemoculture analyzers
- Automatic analyzers ID/AST
- Disks, strips and test systems for determining sensitivity
- Phenotypic microplate identification systems
- MALDI-TOF System for Identification of Microorganisms
- MALDI-TOF (microbial identification, genotyping)
- IR/FT-IC spectrometers (concretion analysis, identification)
- Microbiology and epidemiological surveillance
- Instrument management and data collection
- Accelerated Growth Assessment Systems and ABH (Laser Nephelometry)
- Automatic inoculation systems (loop)
- Isothermal and portable amplification platforms
- Surface sampling and flushing
- Fluorescent microscopes and modules
- Magnetic and top-wheel-drive stirrers
- Thermoblocks and dry baths
- PCR boxes with UV decontamination
- Dosing
- Automatic stations of magnetic separation
- Containers for biomaterials and transport environments
- Automatic pipetting stations
- Libraries and fragmentation equipment
- Classical and Gradient Thermocyclers
- Real-time Amplifiers (qPCR)
- Integrated Model-Response Systems
- Digital PCR Systems (dPCR)
- Microvolume UV/Vis spectrophotometers
- Cameras and power supplies for electrophoresis
- Molecular reagents and kits
- Systems of gel documentation and Western blot imagery
- Systems of vertical electrophoresis and protein transfer (Western blot)
- NGS sequencing desktop and high-performance
- Nanopore sequencers (long readings)
- Capillary genetic analyzers: Sanger sequencing and fragment analysis
- Consumables for capillary genetic analyzers
- STR typing kits for DNA identification and kinship establishment
- Oncological and hereditary panels
- Analysis and interpretation of NGS data
- Bioinformatics and genomic data analysis
- NGS library preparation and enrichment kits
- Data management and integration systems with LIS
- Epidemiological typing according to WGS
- Data collection and analysis of capillary genetic analyzers
- MALDI-TOF genotyping platform
- Multiplex computational expression analysis platforms
- Platforms for Spatial Transcriptomics and Proteomics
- fume hoods, including ductless
- Cytocentrifuges
- Research microscopes
- Digital cameras for microscopes
- Distillers and bidistillators
- Inverted microscopes
- Filter sets and dichroic mirrors for fluorescence
- pH meters, conductometers, ionometers
- Analytical and precision balances
- Temperature and humidity recorders
- Continuous monitoring systems for storage and alerting
- Climate and stability chambers
- Stereomicroscopes
- The bottles, dishes, roller systems
- Microplates for cell cultures
- Scrapers, cell filters, inserts
- Conical centrifuge tubes
- Cryo-tubes
- Serological pipettes and tips of large volume
- Peptide synthesizers
- Chromatography of proteins (FPLC, preparative purification)
- Flash chromatography and preparative cleaning
- Gas chromatography
- HPLC and HPLC analytical
- HPLC-MS/MS (triple quadrupole): TDM, hormones, toxicology
- Ready-made analytical kits for HPLC and MS
- Q-TOF and ionic mobility (timsTOF): proteomics, metabolomics
- NMR spectroscopy of biosamples
- MALDI imaging of tissues
- Mass spectrometry
- Microwave decomposition and extraction
- Solid-phase extraction (TFE) and TFE stations
- TEU cartridges and microplates
- Rotary evaporators
- Detection of labeled compounds and radiometry
- Automated and scanning systems
- Image analysis and morphometry
- Training microscopes
- Laboratory tables, sinks, island systems
- Closets, shelving, equipment of premises
- Storage cabinets for reagents and LVH
- Air filtration and purification systems
- Design and equipment of laboratories "turnkey"
- UV recyclers and air disinfection systems
- Washers-disinfectors of laboratory dishes
- Dry and prepared nutrient media
- Nutritional media, dyes and historeagents
- Chromogenic and selective environments
- Hemoculture and accelerated methods
- Food and feed safety test systems
- Sample preparation and inoculation
- Syringe filters and membranes
- Immunochemical kits
- Control materials, standards and calibrators
- Environments and additives for cell cultures and ART
- Lenses, lights, adapters
- Chromatography
- Sets and columns for manual selection
- PCR infection detection kits
- Enzymes, master mixes, nucleotides
- Recombinant proteins and enzymes
- Reagents for Structural Biology and Crystallization
- Microtubes, PCR tubes and strips
- PCR microplates, films and covers
- Studs, storage boxes, identification systems
- Digital Pathology, Telepathology and AI Image Analysis
- High speed and ultracentrifuges
- LIS, Integration and Laboratory Data Management
- Lyophilic drying
- Shaker incubators and small-volume bioreactors