- Overview
- General/wet preparation equipment
- Microscopy
- Spectroscopy
- Chromatography (separation)
- Chromatography (detection)
- Molecular Biology
- Cell culture
- Electrophysiology
- 3D Bioprinting
- Various methods
This chapter will in contrast to the previous ones not be described in much detail, but will rather be a small overview of other cool, existing DIY lab equipment which isn't categorized yet and should work as a source repository for further expansion of the full reivew. You are kindly invited to make fresh branches and expand the database. For more info on contributing, please see the contribute file.
Certain types of electromagnetic radiation can penetrate the bodies of living organisms, while showing a gradient of absorbance through different tissue types. As a result, the internal composition of a body can be scanned and reconstructed in 3D, which is immensely useful for research and especially medical applications. Included methods are x-ray computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), etc.
OpenCT (x-ray tomography by Peter Jansen)
Microfluidics is an interesting field, spannig over different research areas, biology among others. The possibility to mix and experiment with samples in very small amounts and fast set-up design and fabrication is interesting for research in molecular biology, chromatography, neuroscience, etc.
Optomechanical components is a name for any optical parts, such as lenses, which are mechanically adjusted for focusing, magnification, etc. and are an important part of microscopy but also other research purposes.
3D printed toolbox for optomechanical components
motorized microscope stage with submicron precision
This includes all devices, which can be used to work with samples and moving/transfering them.