Pasi Kallio, Professor 
pasi.kallio(at)tuni.fi 
Tel. +358500525546 
Sähkötalo SC212

<h3>Prices</h3>

Prices will be agreed case by case. Please inquire!

Multiparametric SPR-device (BioNavis SPR-Navi 210A-4L) 
Manufacturer: Bionavis Ltd. (2013) 
two flow cell system with 4 different laser wavelengths 
Kinetic analysis, Thinfilm characterization

Angular luminescence emission measurement platform 
In-house constructed platform for luminescent thin film characterisation 
SD212

Measurement card (NI USB-6366) 
NI USB-6366 
2 Mhz 
8 AI 
2AO 
24 DIO 
4 CTR

Modular cell culture monitoring platform 
Modular microscopy, pO2 sensing, MEA compatible

Biosensors Lab

CO2-Incubator (Binder CB150 incubator) 
Test environment for structures for bio-applications 
37 °C, 5% CO2

Multimode microplate reader (Tecan Spark) 
Absorbance: Assays: ELISA, DNA, protein quantification 
Fluorescence: Assays: Fluorescence Intensity, Fluorescence Polarization, Time-Resolved Fluorescence, HTRF®, LanthaScreen®, 3D spectral scans 
Luminescence: Assays: Glow, flash, multicolor assays, and spectral scans, BRET™, DLR™ 
AlphaScreen®: Assays: AlphaScreen®, AlphaLisa®, AlphaPLex® 
Imaging: Assays: Cell imaging, Confluence assessment, Cell Counting

Fluorescence microscope (Nikon Eclipse TE2000-U) 
This Fluorescence microscope is outfitted with an LWD condenser, T-FL illumination light path, T-FLC Epi Fluorescence 6 Position Filter Turret, Red, DAPI Blue, and GFP Green Filters

Flow cytometry (Sysmex CyFlow Cube 8) 
8 optical parameters (up to 6 colors) 
Lasers with 375, 407, 488, 532, 561, 594, 638, 640, 785 nm

Cell counter (ThermoFisher Scientific countess II FL automated) 
Three-channel (brightfield and two optional fluorescence channels)

Biosignaling Lab

Microfluidic testbench 
Microfluidic characterization system for testing and using microfluidic chips. 
Flow control: can be done with syringepumps, peristaltic pumps or Elvesys OB mark 3 pressure control system and flow sensors 
Imaging: IDS camera up to 700 fps with Navitar optics 
Stage: Standa XY-stage

Optical goniometer (Biolin Scientific Attension Theta Lite) 
Contact angle measurement device

Potentiostat (Ivium Iviumstat) 
Impedance and CV measurements and electroplating etc.

Fan Assisted Oven (Memmert) 
Convection oven for baking/annealing at temperatures up to 300 °C.

MEA analyzer setup (in-house development) 
A 16 channel measurement setup for testing MEAs.

Impedance measurement device (Multi Channel Systems MEA-IT60) 
For measuring microelectrode impedances at 1000 Hz from Multi Channel Systems' 60-electrode format compatible MEAs.

Impedance measurement device (Multi Channel Systems MEA-IT120) 
For measuring microelectrode impedances at 1000 Hz from Multi Channel Systems' 120-electrode format compatible MEAs.

Microfluidics and MEA Characterization Lab

Plasma cleaner (Diener PICO) 
Plasma cleaning device for cleaning and plasma treatments 
PDMS bonding etc,.

Spin coater (Laurell WS-400A-6NPP/Lite) 
PDMS spin coatings

Microstamping device (Finetech Fineplacer pico-MA) 
Transferring protein patterns etc. accurately (5 µm) on substrate 
Also used as bond aligner for PDMS devices

Peltier heater / cooler (Tetech) 
Self assembled heating/cooling plate from tetech components. Used for OSTE exposure to cool the material to prevent heat based curing, but can be used for temperature control. Max power 127 W.

Collimated light source (Bachur et associates) 
1000 W Hg-lamp for exposing light sensitive materials. 
Intensities around 30-60 mW/cm^2 depending on filter and wavelength.

Vacuum chambers (Nalgene, several models) 
For degassing casted polymers in mold

Spin coater (Laurell WS-650Hzb-23NPPB) 
Spin coater with different chucks. Used for creating thin layer from different polymers.

Planetary mixer (Speed Mixer DAC 150.1 FVC) 
Mixing two or multicomponent polymers and other materials

Hot press (Rondol C3316) 
For hot embossing and joining materials together

Cleanroom "tent" 
ISO-7 cleanroom space for polymer works. Inside many of the polymer fabrication lab devices

Planetary mixer (Mazerustar KK-300SS)

Vacuum pump (Leybold trivac D25B)

Vacuum pump, 25m^3/h, &lt;1x10^-4 mbar ultimate partial pressure. For use with vacuum chambers and the spin coater

Oven (Memmert UF75m) 
Max temp 300C

Polymer Microfabrication Lab

OPT for fibrous specimens (FibRobotics FIBROOpt) 
Microrobotic optical projection tomography (OPT) device for three dimensional imaging and reconstruction of fibrous materials, such as various natural fibres (wood, flax, hemp) andglass and carbon fibres.

Automatic microbond testing (FibRobotics FIBRObond) 
Microrobotic device for measuring the interfacial shear strength between a fiber and polymer droplet. The fiber can be e.g. glass, carbon or natural fiber (such as pulp or flax fiber). Both thermoplastic and thermoset matrix materials can be used.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Microrobotic droplet and film forming onto fibers (in-house construction) 
Microrobotic device to forming different size of polymer droplets on a fibre. Both thermoplastic and thermoset droplets can be made on glass, carbon and natural fibers (such as flax and hemp).

Automatic micromechanical fiber tester (uTUNI, in-house construction) 
Microrobotic device for automated measurement of tensile strength and microfibril angle (MFA) of natural fibres such as wood or flax fibres. The tensile properties and the MFA can be measured either separately or simultaneously.

Micro Robotics Lab

Mechanical tester (Stable Microsystems TA.XTplus texture analyzer) 
Mechanical testing of materials: for force-distance measurements e.g. compression, bending, tension, and adhesion. Includes 0.5 kg and 10 kg load cells, several probes and a temperature chamber.

Acoustic particle manipulation (in-house construction) 
Acoustic particle manipulation system on top of a vibration isolation table: 
frequency amplifier, pumps, microscope camera etc.

Pneumatic control board (in-house construction) 
Four channels, see: <a href="https://softroboticstoolkit.com/book/control-board">https://softroboticstoolkit.com/book/control-board</a>

Soft Robotics Lab

LED inverted laboratory microscope (Leica DM IL) 
monitor specimen. High-quality Phase contrast, modulation contrast and fluorescence. Robust stability, plenty of space to work with tools, long working distances to accommodate large culture flasks and a stable illumination without heat. 
20x/0.40 Leica N Plan Objective lens 
5x/0.12 Leica N Plan Objective lens

Ultrasound treatment device (Chattanooga Intelect Mobile 2) 
Transmission not receiving, therapy machine. Portable ultrasound device - dual frequency Ultrasound at 1 or 3 MHz, Pulsed or continuous duty cycles (10%, 20%, 50% &amp; 100%). 5cm2 ultrasound applicator&nbsp;

LED (Schott KL 2500) 
LED with Light flux (Im): 1,000

Balances (Ohraus Adventuer AX423 ) 
For weighing, Parts Counting, Percent Weighing, Checkweighing, Animal/Dynamic Weighing, Totalization/Statistics, Display Hold

Ultrasound System (Fujufilm SonoSite M-Turbo) 
Brightness mode -Portable ultrasound machine with: 
2-5MHz, 30cm span depth CIVCO Infiniti Plus™ In-Plane Ultrasound Needle Guide 
8-5MHz, 13cm span depth CIVCO Disposable Endocavity 
13-6MHz, 13cm span depth CIVCO Infiniti Plus™ In-Plane Ultrasound Needle Guide

Pulse receiver Piezoelectric System (SonemaT PRP5000) 
Pulse-echo system. The PRP is designed for use with a wide variety of piezoelectric transducers operating in a broadband mode for probes designed to operate between 500 kHz to 10 MHz

Hydrophone (Onda HGL-series Golden Lipstick) 
For measuring ultrasound output

Hydrophone (Precision acoustics Needle hydrophone) 
For measuring ultrasound output

WiFi oscilloscope (TiePie WifiScope WS5) 
500 MSa/s 14 bit dual channel High Resolution WiFi Oscilloscope with function generator, 250 MHz bandwidth

High-speed Camera (Photron FASTCAM MC2) 
Recording at speeds as fast as 10,000 frames

Ultrasonic bath (Branson CPX-952-316R Series) 
Sweep Frequency 40 kHz Transducer

Rotational Viscometer (Anton Paar Visco QC 300) 
Measure the fluid flow and viscosity of liquids 
Viscosity range from 1 mPa.s to 6,000,000 mPa.s 4 L spindles to measure low-viscosity samples (e.g. solvents, oils, and more)

Hot Plate Stirrer (Fisherbrand Isotemp) 
Stirrer and balancer 
Plate 184mm x 184mm

Sonic Dismembrator (Fisherbrand 705) 
Programmable ultrasonic processor with an easy to use touchscreen control. Ultra-high power with advanced programming for all liquid processing applications. Operates at 20kHz.

System microscope (Olympus BXFRM) 
Versatile top-down focus mount on a stand. The focus mount can be easily adapted to an optical bench, plain stand, or integrated into your system due to its compact design and convenient mounting surface. 
LUMPlanFLN 40x/0.80W Olympus objective lens 
LUMPlanFLN 20x/0.50W Olympus objective lens 
LUMPlanFLN 10x/0.30W Olympus objective lens

Ultrasound Lab

SLA 3D-printer (Formlabs Form 3b) 
SLA resin printer with different materials 
Washing and curing stations included

SLA 3D-printer (Formlabs Form 2) 
SLA resin printer with different materials 
Washing and curing stations included

SLA 3D-printer (Formlabs Form 3L) 
Large SLA resin printer with different materials 
Washing and curing stations included

FDM 3D-printer (Prusa i3 mk2) 
FDM printer

FDM 3D-printer (Prusa i3 mk3) 
FDM printer

Post processing unit (Polymaker Polysher) 
For removing layer lines from 3D printed PVB parts

3D Printing Lab

Fluorescent microscope (Zeiss Axio Observer) 
Inverted fluorescent microscope 
Max. 200x magnification; Contrast Methods: Brightfield, Darkfield, Phase Contrast, DIC, Fluorescence 
(DAPI, GFP, mcherry etc.); Special Imaging Capabilities: Z-Stack, Tile Imaging

AFM (Park Systems XE-1000) 
Atomic force microscope for nanoscale characterization of dry and wet samples (including cells)

Other Facilities

Equipment

<h3>Introduction</h3>

Biomedical Microsystems and Measurements Facility is located at the Hervanta campus of Tampere University. The facilities include eight laboratories (Biosensors Lab, Biosignaling Lab, Microfluidics and MEA Characterization Lab, Polymer Microfabrication Lab, Micro Robotics Lab, Soft Robotics Lab, Ultrasound Lab and 3D Printing Lab) and more than 70 equipment.&nbsp;

A list of the equipment and their descriptions can be found in the Resources tab.