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10. FACILITIES SHARED BY THE TWO INSTITUTES

National Institute for Physiological Sciences and National Institute for Basic Biology are sharing facilities which are innovative for conducting biological researches, but rather expensive to be supported only by one institution.

Electron Microscopy Room

Fine structures of tissues, cells or macromolecules can be studied using laser scanning microscopy, and both transmission and scanning electron microscopy in this room. We also provide instruments for picture processing of the observed images.

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Laser scanning microscope with three-dimensional reconstruction
(Electron microscopy room)

Instrument Design Room

Custom-designed equipments, which are not commercially available, can be constructed in this room. The machine shop is equipped with various types of machines such as milling machines and drill presses. The electronic shop is equipped with various types of test instruments used for construction and measurement calibration of electronic devices.

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Machine shop for construction of medical and biological apparatuses
(Instrument design room)

Analysis Room

About 70 kinds of analytical equipments (biological, physical, chemical and optical) are available. The room serves for amino acid sequence analysis, and chemical syntheses of peptides to support researchers in two institutes.

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Mass Spectrometry system for biological specimen
(Analysis Room)
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