Instrumentation

Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

Our lab has a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer (Bruker) equipped with a 2.5 mm HXY MAS probe (Phoenix).

Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM)

Our lab has a Nikon AX upright confocal microscope equipped with four lasers.

For reviews discussing the application of these technologies to study biofilms, refer to:

Reichhardt C. and L. Cegelski, Solid-state NMR for bacterial biofilms. Molecular Physics 2014, 112, 887-894.

Reichhardt C. and M.R. Parsek, Confocal laser scanning microscopy for analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm architecture and matrix localization. Frontiers Microbiology 2019, 10, 677.