The Neuroscience and Smart Materials research line is hosted by NSYN@Unige, within the IRCCS San Martino University Hospital in Genova. NSYN is provided with state-of-the-art electrophysiology, molecular neurobiology and neurotechnology facilities.
Laboratories
Patch-clamp and conventional electrophysiology
Twelve patch-clamp setups for primary neuron cultures and acute brain slices, five MEA setups and three in vivo physiology setups
Cell culture
Primary and organotypic cultures, stem cells and viral preparations
Imaging
Histochemistry and immunocyto/histochemistry; 1 Leica SP8 confocal microscope; 1 Leica TIRF workstation; epifluorescence and chemiluminescence microscopes and Neurolucida system
Cellular and molecular biology
PCR and real time-PCR machines, phosphoimagers, Biacore SPR, spectrophotometers
Computation
Modeling and Molecular Dynamics simulations of neuronal proteins
Animal facility
300 sqm laboratory area for general services and in vivo laboratories (rodent breeding, surgery, behavior, EEG, octopus maintenance)