SFU’s victory in the Priority 2030 program made it possible to create new laboratories and purchase the necessary instrumentation for advanced research.

A whole range of modern scientific equipment has appeared in the “Biology of Synapses” and “Neuroimaging” laboratories of the Research Technology Center of Neurotechnology, including the OXY 20M oxygen apparatus, the Power 1401-3A data acquisition system (with the Spike2 program), and components for the Plexon’s PBX preamplifier unit , as well as related positions for conducting research: head holders for mice, a medical suction device, a pH meter, glass blanks, etc.

Larisa Lysenko , leading researcher at the Biology of Synapses laboratory:

“The OXY 20M oxygen apparatus will allow us to continuously supply carbogen. Carbogen is used in biological research to oxygenate artificial cerebrospinal fluid solutions and stabilize pH in brain slice activity studies.

The purchase of components for the Plexon’s PBX preamplifier unit for the Neuroimaging laboratory made it possible to modernize this experimental setup, which will provide the opportunity to record and analyze in real time the activity of neural structures of the brain in freely moving rats.

The Power 1401-3A data acquisition system will give us the ability to record signals, digital and marker information, and generate signals on digital outputs simultaneously with multitasking experiment control in real time. And the data acquisition interface will provide an independent frequency of signal digitization and complex online analysis of biological signals coming from the amplifier.”

Due to the modern equipment of laboratories and the involvement of leading specialists, research conducted in the laboratory will improve methods of diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, neuropathic pain, Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy and many other socially important diseases.

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