PLATFORMS

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