The Zebrafish unit provides full zebrafish services from generation of gene-modified fish to imaging facilities of live and fixed fish.
The unit is a part of the international ZFIN network and European Zebrafish Research Center (EZRC) platform.
Instruments:
- Aquatic Habitats aquarium systems for 40 000 fish
- Noldus XT Daniovision system
- Two high-speed camera systems
- idTracker analysis system
- Leica SP2 AOBS confocal/2P system
- 3 microinjection platforms
- 7 stereo microscopes
Applications:
- Designing, production and maintenance of transgenic zebrafish lines
- Experimental design
- Genotyping
- Microinjections
- Xenografts for in vivo cancer studies
- Live imaging of behavior and organ functions
Contact person: Henri Koivula, henri.koivula@helsinki.fi
Location: Biomedicum 2, Tukholmankatu 8 , ground floor, Meilahti campus