Biophysical Technology Center
Welcome!
The Biophysical Technology Center is a self-supporting non-profit Internal and External Service Organization at the University of Minnesota under the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. It is open as a first priority to all University of Minnesota researchers, and to outside researchers by arrangement. Our goal is to provide instrumental and training resources for optical spectroscopy and EPR. Top priorities of the center personnel are to maintain the performance of these instruments at the highest level and to provide basic training to new users. As needed, the resident expertise in the center is available for consultation in sample preparation, data acquisition, and data analysis.
Reserve instrument time using InfinityX by Idea Elan.
The BTC institution code for the Idea Elan mobile app is BTC-P.
Booking procedures
- Online booking has been updated and implemented. Please sign up using the appropriate calendar system or email [email protected] for calendar/account access.
- Please plan accordingly and err on the side of booking slightly more time than necessary to help avoid bottlenecks and delayed experiments from subsequent users.
- If you need to cancel your time slot, please be considerate and remember to remove your appointment from the calendar.
- BTC contact information and links to online booking calendars are posted next to each instrument.
Questions? Please contact us at [email protected].
Other instruments
Two high-throughput screening fluorescence plate readers are available to UMN researchers for translational projects, when ready to optimize and scale up for screening large chemical libraries.
• FLTPR Top-Read: Fluorescence Lifetime Plate Reader with up to 1536-well capability. Excitation sources: 473 nm and 532 nm lasers.
• SUPR: Spectral Unmixing Plate Reader with up to 1536-well capability. Excitation sources: 473 nm and 532 nm lasers.
These instruments are owned by Photonic Pharma LLC. For information and to reserve instruments, visit www.photonicpharma.com/instruments.html.