The Isotope Laboratory provides services, measuring equipment and infrastructure for working with radionuclides and radiation protection for the institutes of University and external partners.
Our regular opening hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00. Work outside these hours is possible by arrangement. Access to the controlled area is exclusively via the airlocks in building 61, rooms 8 (men) and 9 (women). The visitor entrance to the offices is via room 3.
Office hours for students are Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:30 or by appointment.
MERMAID (Multi-Emission Radioisotopes - Marine Animal Imaging Device) proposes a unique imaging approach that opens new research paths in various disciplines. Its adaptive geometry allows the study of several fish and marine species from a new perspective. MERMAID will be the first dedicated imaging device for radioisotope imaging of small aquatic animals, paving the way to expand the use of zebrafish as a model for human diseases and innovations in sustainable aquaculture. This could help reduce the number of mammals used as laboratory animals and improve sustainable fish farming.
For all animals and plants, and for virtually all microbes, life without iron is impossible. In response to this, microorganisms secrete high affinity iron-binding compounds, called siderophores. More than 600 naturally occurring siderophores have been isolated and characterized. The picture shows FhuA, an OM siderophore receptor of E.coli. (Furgeson et al. 1998, Science). PDBfile 1QFF
Extremophilic organisms that thrive under apparently hostile conditions are well known. Many of these have been thoroughly studied, especially prokaryotic organisms from the domains of the Bacteria and the Archaea. Considerably less is known about the eukaryotic extremophiles. What is known seems to indicate some differences in the ability of Pro- and Eukaryotes to adapt to extreme conditions. Hardly any eukaryotic hyperthermophiles (growth optimum above 80°C) are known and even thermopiles (growth optimum between 45 and 80°C) are not very common. Otherwise, Eukaryotes seem to be capable to adapt to most kinds of extreme environments and especially to psychrophilic conditions.
Das Isotopenlabor stellt für die Institute der Universität sowie externe Partner Dienstleistungen, Messgeräte und Infrastrukturen für das Arbeiten mit Radionukliden und den Strahlenschutz zur Verfügung.
Unsere regulären Öffnungszeiten sind Montag bis Freitag 9:00 bis 17:00.
Arbeiten außerhalb dieser Zeiten sind nach Vereinbarung möglich.
Der Zugang zum Kontrollbereich erfolgt ausschließlich über die Schleusen in Gebäude 61 Räume 8 (Herren) und 9 (Damen).
Der Besuchereingang zu den Büros erfolgt über Raum 3.
Die Sprechzeit für Studierende ist Dienstag von 9:30 bis 11:30 oder nach Vereinbarung.
