- High performance liquid chromatography – HPLC system (Agilent 1260 Infinity II a Agilent 1200, Agilent Technologies); UV-VIS, fluorescence and refractometric detector, fraction collector
- Equipment for electrophoretic separation of biomolecules (native and denaturating PAGE; Hoefer, Biorad), gels Imaging and analysing system ChemiDoc MP (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA, USA)
- Western blotting equipment (Bio-Rad Laboratories, USA)
- Small benchtop laboratory centrifuges (Hettich, Germany)
- High speed refrigerated centrifuges (Sigma 3K30, Germany)
- Vacuum concentrator (Labcocno, USA)
- Mechanical homogenizers (IKA), ultrasonic homogenizers (GM 3100; Bandelin Electronic, Germany)
1) Laboratory of biochemical analysis
2) Laboratory of optical spectroscopy
- Spectropolarimeter for circular and linear dichroism measurements J-815 (Jasco, Tokyo, Japan); equipped with Peltier temperature controller, photomultiplier tube with increased sensitivity in FR (350 – 870 nm), flow cell with connection to HPLC-CD
- Modular spectrofluorometer Fluorolog 3-22 (Jobin-Yvon, Francie); equipped with cuvette holder with Peltier temperature controller, accessories for fluorescence anisotropy measurements, programmable cryostat OPTISTAT DI (Oxford Scientific, UK) and Dewar flask for low temperature measurements.
- Luminescence spectrofluorometer LS50B (Perkin-Elmer, Beaconsfield, UK) equipped with Dewar flask for low temperature measurements.
- Double beam UV-VIS absorption spectrophotometer UV550 (Unicam, UK)
- Double beam UV-VIS absorption spectrophotometer Specord 250 (Analytik Jena, Germany), equipped with cuvette holder with Peltier temperature controller
- Single beam UV-VIS absorption spectrophotometer with diode array Specord S 600 600 (Analytik Jena, Germany) equipped with optical fibre for performing the measurements out of the cuvette space.
3) Laboratory of ecophysiology of photosynthesis
- Growth chambers for plant cultivation under controlled conditions (irradiance, air humidity and temperature) (HB 1014, VB 1014, Vötsch, Germany); equipped with additional module with UV-A and UV-B radiation source.
- Growth chambers with LED light source enable control of spectral composition of irradiance (in the range of blue, green, red and far-red) (Fytoscope FS 130, Photon Systems Instruments, Czech Republic)
- Chlorophyll fluorescence and redox state of primary electron donor in PS I measuring system DUAL-PAM-100 (Heinz Walz, Germany) for analysis of the photosystem II and I state; the system is equipped with module for measurement of electrochromic pigment shift and scattering changes (P515/535).
- Measuring systems for detection of chlorophyll fluorescence to estimation of absorbed energy in photosynthetic reactions (PAM 101-103, PAM 2500, XE-PAM, imaging systems IMAGING-PAM M-Series – MAXI, MINI a MICROSCOPY, Heinz Walz, Germany), FluorPen FP 100 (Photon Systems Instruments, Czech Republic), FMS-300 (Hansatech Instruments, UK)
- Kinetic Joliot-type spectrophotometer JTS-100 (BioLogic, Grenobl, France); system for measurements of electrochromic shift of pigments absorption (ΔA520), redox studies P700 (based on changes in absorption at 705 and 810 nm) and plastocyanin, eukaryotic cytochrome b6f, measurements of non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence or fast chlorophyll fluorescence induction curve (OJIP).
- UV-NIR spectroradiometers HR4000CG-UV-NIR and HR4XR500-10 including integrating sphere (Ocean Optics, USA) for measurements of light intensity and spectral composition of incident light and spectral-optical properties of plants
- Portable optical sensor Dualex 4 Scientific (Force-A, France) for non-invasive estimation of flavonoids concentration in leaf epidermis based on the measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence (excited at UV-A and red) and simultaneous estimation of chlorophyll content based on the assessment of leaf transmittance in the infra-red spectral region of light.
- The handheld Leaf-State-Analyzer LSA-2050 (Heinz Walz, Germany) for non-invasive estimation of the maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II (FV/FM) and concentrations of flavonoids, anthocyanins and chlorophyll
- Open gas exchange systems Li-6400 (Li-Cor, USA) for measurements of leaf photosynthetic CO2 assimilate rate, stomatal conductance and the rate of water transpiration.
- System for measurement of oxygen evolution/uptake of plant and other photosynthetic materials (chloroplasts, mircro-algea etc.) in gas and liquid phase, using Clark type oxygen electrode disc (Hansatech, UK).
- Laboratory xenon light source MAX-303 (Asahi Spectra Co., Ltd., Japan), high intensity illuminator with the narrow spectral bands (10 nm FWHM)
- Scholander pressure bomb – the system for measurements of plant water status (3005F01, Soilmoisture Equipment Corp., Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
- The system of sensors for measurements and recording the spectral composition of incident radiation, air and soil humidity and the leaf temperature (EMS, ČR).
