Our animals
Mice are being held in individually ventilated plastic cages with free access to food and water. The dedicated cage level ventilation ensures an optimal environment with stable…
Guiding Principles
MPI-CBG researchers and staff are acutely aware of the great responsibility that comes with animal experimentation in basic biological research. Providing the highest level of…
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Since 2017 we have been increasingly using mouth mucosal swabs instead of tail biopsies for the genotyping of mice. Mucosal swabs have the advantage of being non-invasive, therefore…
MPI-CBG research relies on different model organisms such as zebrafish, Drosophila, C. elegans, mouse, rat and quail. While the use of animals in research is still considered indispensable, there…
EM
Thermo Fisher/FEI Tecnai 12 TEM (120 kV) + TVIPS F416 CMOS camera (4k x 4k) Thermo Fisher/FEI Tecnai F30 FEG TEM (300 kV) + Gatan Oneview camera (4k x 4k) for TEM tomography Thermo…
LM
Zeiss AxioImager.Z2 with ApoTome.2 (owned by light microscopy facility) Leica Stellaris 8 Falcon to image cryo samples offering FLIM and confocal imaging for CLEM (Correlated Light and…
Sample Preparation Equipment
High Pressure Freezer (HPF) Leica EM ICE Automatic Freeze Substitution machine Leica AFS2 Plunge Freezer Leica EMGP1 Critical Point Dryer Leica CPD 030 Carbon…
Helena Jambor
Postdoc
Helena established the Dresden Ovary Table (DOT) database of RNA localization in the Drosophila ovary.
She then re-invented herself as an educator and opinion leader in…
Johannes Schindelin
Software engineer
Johannes is the "Mother of Fiji". His contribution to the establishment and development of the platform cannot be overstated. It was an honour working with…
