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About us: Instruct-HiLIFE provides integrated structural biology services from high-quality sample production to structure determination and biocomputational analysis. We provide services and expertise in biomolecular complex purification (Biocomplex), cryo-electron microscopy (CryoEM), protein crystallization (Xtal) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). We are part of the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Helsinki Institute of Life Sciences (HiLIFE) at the University of Helsinki; Structural Biology Finland research infrastructure (FINStruct) consortium, Biocenter Finland and Instruct-Centre Finland of Instruct-ERIC that is a pan-European research infrastructure in structural biology.
Services:
Equipment and technology:
How to start the project at the Instruct-HiLIFE facilities: Login to your iLAB account to start the project in our facilities. Follow this link for making an iLAB account. Select the service you are interested in from Request Service. Instrument time is reserved from Schedule Equipment. In case of questions, please contact the specific core. The contact information is available at the bottom of this page.
Minna Poranen | Biocomplex director, PhD |
Sarah Butcher | CryoEM director, Professor |
Tommi Kajander | Protein crystallisation director, PhD |
Perttu Permi | NMR director, PhD |
Core | Hours/Days Open | Hours/Days Staffed | Location | ||
Biocomplex | 24 h Mon-Sun (advanced users) | Mon-Thu 8 am – 4 pm, Fri 8 am-3 pm | Viikinkaari 9 | Biocenter 1, B stair, 6th floor | 00790 Helsinki, Finland |
CryoEM | 24 h Mon-Sun | Mon-Fri 9 am – 4 pm | Viikinkaari 9 | Biocenter 1, C stair, 1st floor | 00790 Helsinki, Finland |
Protein Crystallization | Mon-Fri 9 am – 6 pm | Mon-Fri 9 am – 4 pm | Viikinkaari 1 | Biocenter 3, 2nd floor | 00790 Helsinki, Finland |
NMR | 24 h Mon-Sun | Mon-Fri 9 am – 4 pm | Viikinkaari 1 | Biocenter 3, 1st floor | 00790 Helsinki, Finland |
Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
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Biocomplex |
AF4, Ultracentrifugation, liquid chromatography
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grp-biocomplexservice@helsinki.fi
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CryoEM |
Enquires
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grp-cryoemservice@helsinki.fi
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Protein Crystallisation |
Crystallization, diffraction analysis and biophysical characterization of biomacromolecules
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bi-crystallisation@helsinki.fi
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NMR |
Liquid NMR, protein production & purification
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grp-nmrservice@helsinki.fi
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