Methodologies and equipment of high relevance are in place, including many in SDU core facilities:
- Cell culture facilities for isolation, propagation and differentiation of stem cells and preparation and maintenance of organotypic brain slice cultures;
- mass spectrometry (SDU Clinical Proteomic Center and BMB);
- flow cytometry and cell sampling (IMM Flow Cytometry Core Facility);
- ex vivo gene transfer;
- high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis for neurotransmitters and metabolites;
- Q-PCR;
- ELISA;
- immunocytochemistry;
- Western blotting;
- in situ hybridization;
- electron microscopy (transmission and scanning);
- confocal laser microscopy and on-line time-lapse microscopy (DaMBIC);
- stereological cell counting;
- facilities for stereotactic neural transplantation and behavioural assessment of rats and mice;
- metabolomics;
- laser capture dissection combined with proteomics;
- paraffin embedded tissue slides combined with proteomics.