Biophysics Core Facility
The Biophysics Core Facility (BCF) of the Scientific Instrument Center is located in Room 402 of the Institute of Biological Chemistry. In operation since 2008, this facility was previously known as the Molecular Characterization Core. The BCF hosts several state-of-art instruments, providing technical support for facility users in educational training, scheduling, workshops, user certification, troubleshooting, and instrument maintenance. Results collected with different instruments allow researchers to gain insights on the thermodynamics, kinetics and structural information of biological molecule interactions.
Location: Room 402, Institute of Biological Chemistry
Manager: Dr. Shu-Chuan Chris Jao, Associate Research Specialist, Institute of Biological Chemistry
Contact Person: Ms. Jin-Hsuan Yu, Research Assistant, Institute of Biological Chemistry
Phone Number: 2785-5696 ext. 4024
Website:https://bcf.daais.sinica.edu.tw/
Availability: Services available to Academia Sinica faculty members and their associates, as well as research institutes and biotech companies outside AS.
Services: Biophysical characterization of macromolecules using the instruments listed below.
Equipment:
- Analytical ultracentrifuge (Beckman Coulter ProteomeLab XL-I)
- Surface Plasmon resonance Biosensors (GE Biacore T200, Biacore 8K)
- Bio-layer interferometer (ForteBIO Octet RED96)
- Isothermal Titration Calorimeter (Microcal iTC200, Malvern PEAQ-ITC Automatic)
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter (Malvern PEAQ-DSC Automatic)
- Dynamic and Static Llight Scattering Spectrometer (Wyatt DynaPro NanoStar)
- Microscale Thermophoresis (NanoTEMPER Monolith NT.115pico)
- Fluorometer @280nm (NanoTEMPER Tycho NT.6)
Biophysics Core Facility