BIC - the Bern Immunology Club

Resources

The research interests of the BIC covers immunological specifictiy at the cellular or molecular level. As every immune response leads to an inflammatory reaction we also focus on cytokines and receptors mediating immune reactions. Our asset is the mix between clinicians and basic scientists with the same focus - the patient.


Shared instruments

  • Clinical and Experimental Immunopathology, Institute of Pathology TopCount Scintillation Counter (contact person: C. Müller)
  • Elutriation centrifugation Beckman J-6M with elutriation rotor JE-6B (contact person: Elisa Binda)
  • ABI Prism 7500 RealTime PCR System (contact person: Silvia Rihs) ELISA plate reader "UVmax" (Molecular Devices) (contact person: Silvia Rihs)
  • Cryostat Leica-Jung CM3000 (for use with non-infectious material only) (contact person: Mirjam Schenk)
  • EVOM voltohmmeter (with ENDOM chamber) (contact person: Christel Zufferey)


Clinic for Rheumatology and Immunology and Allergology

  • FACSCalibur with 2 lasers (4-colour analysis) (Contact person: Stephan Gadola)
  • FPLC system for ion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography (Amersham) (Contact person: S.Gadola)
  • Px2 Thermo Hybaid Gradient PCR system (Contact person: S.Gadola)
  • TaqMan 7700 sequence detector ABI Prism for quantitative PCR (Contact person: Marianne Zwicker)
  • SpectraMax 190 ELISA plate reader (contact person: Richard Kamgang)


Institute of Immunology

  • Biacore (Contact person: Monique Vogel)
  • Imaging System
  • Luminex (Contact person: Clemens Dahinden)


Institute of Pharmacology

  • Konfokale Mikroskopie (LSM410) (DKF-Instrument)
  • Durchflusszytometrie (FACS Calibur - 4 Farben)
  • Phosphoimaging System (Typhoon 9200) Fluorimeter


Theodor Kocher Institute

Contact person – Tel 031 631 –

  • 96-well plate cell harvesting machine (Inotech), Claudia Blatti und Karthik Sathiyanadan - 4162
  • Amaxa Nucleofector, Ruth Lyck - 4154
  • beta-scintillation counter, Mark Liebi - 4140, Claudia Blatti - 4162
  • Casy Cell Counter (Schärfe Systems), Mathias Baumgartner - 4163, Julia Schäfer - 4162
  • FACSCalibur (4-color FACS analysis), Caroline Coisne - 4149, Claudia Blatti - 4162, Charaf Benarafa - 4148
  • Microscope for intravital microscopy - IVM, Jens Stein - 5390
  • Multiphoton-Microscope, Jens Stein - 5390
  • In vitro flow assay set up, Jens Stein - 5390
  • Cryostat, Therese Périnant – 4158, Gaby Enzmann - 4149
  • Fluorescence microscope, Jens Stein - 5390, Therese Périnat - 4158, Julia Schäfer - 4162, Gaby Enzmann - 4149
  • Measurement of intracellular Ca2+-flux, Marlene Wolf - 4150
  • Reversed-Phase high pressure column chromatography (SMART System), Marlene Wolf - 4150, Mark Liebi - 4140
  • ELISA reader, Elisabeth Frei und Tiziana Cremona - 4163
  • Li-Cor Odyssey – Infrared Imaging System, Ruth Lyck - 4154