OUR PLATFORMS
The Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva provides state-of-the art infrastructure and competences to support the research efforts of the various groups onsite. The platforms are also open to academic groups, start-ups and companies located outside Campus Biotech.
Human Neuroscience Platform
- 3T and 7T MRI
- Magneto-Encephalography – MEG
- Electro-Encephalography (EEG) and brain-computer interfaces (BCI)
- Transcranial Magnetic and Electrical Stimulation (TMS / TES)
- Clinical and Sleep Research Unit (CSRU)
- Biomarker analysis unit
- Virtual Reality and Robotics
- Contact: humanneuroscience@fcbg.ch
- Website: hnp.fcbg.ch
Preclinical Neuroscience Platform
- Experimental facility including Biosafety level 1 and 2 areas
- Histology facility
- Cell culture facility
- Molecular biology facility
- Contact: pnp@fcbg.ch
- Website: pnp.fcbg.ch
Human Cellular Neuroscience Platform - NeuroNA
- Stem cell reprogramming
- Stem cell transgenesis
- Stem cell differentiation (2D and 3D organoids)
- Tissue dissociation
- Human primary cell handling
- Cellular and tissue cryopreservation
- Molecular cloning
- Electrophysiological recordings
- Confocal imaging
- Cell sorting
- Single-cell RNA-sequencing
- Spatial transcriptomics
- Histological coloration, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence
- Biobanking and distribution
- Contact: hcnp@fcbg.ch
- Website: www.hcnp.ch
Neural Microsystems Platform
- A cleanroom (ISO 7) dedicated to micro- nanofabrication with photolithography area, deposition (sputtering, evaporation) and etching facility and characterization equipment (microscope, profilometers).
- Laser micromachining system for diverse materials processing
- Backend equipment (wire bonder, pick and place, physical testing and ageing)
- Nanomaterials laboratory
- 3-D printing equipment
- Environmental Secondary Electron Microscopy (low and high vacuum)
- Contact: NeuralMicrosystems@fcbg.ch
- Website: nmp.fcbg.ch