Core Technology

GeneFISH — © Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/J. Barrero-Canosa

Fluorescence in situ Hybridization

Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH) is a core competence of our department. We identify and visualize individual bacterial groups or single genes. Click for more ...

Next-generation sequencing

We use "next-generation sequencing", i.e. the current generation, to identify the genomic potential of complex microbial communities. Click here to find out more about it ...

Cultivation of marine microbes — © Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/J. Harder

Cultivation and Isolation of Microorganisms

Microbes are everywhere. See here how we isolate and cultivate individual species ...

Automated Microscopy and Cell Counting

The quantification of different types of microorganisms is routine work in microbial ecology. Samples from time-series or transects are enumerated automatically with our 'roboscope' ...

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM)

The CLSM has become our working horse for detecting specific fluorescence signals. Find out more about our instrument ...

Superresolution Microscopy

Highest resolution is needed to discover sub-cellular structures and molecule localisation. Our latest instruments to overcome the diffraction limit ...

Deep Water Incubator

What are deep sea bugs doing? We built an instrument to find out ...