Goethe Competence Center (GCC)

GCC organize methodically interrelated (large-scale) research equipment or entire analysis or specialized synthesis processes, for the implementation of which various (large-scale) research equipment is used. To this end, GCC organize their decision-making and organizational processes independently and in a demand- and service-oriented manner.

BIC

(Brain Imaging Center)

The BIC is integral part of the CoBIC, a cooperation between the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Ernst Struengmann Institute for Neuroscience and the Goethe University.

Processes:

  • Investigation of the structure and function of the human brain

Equipment/Infrastructure:

  • Two 3 Tesla MR scanners
  • One 7 Tesla
  • One 275-Channel MEG System
  • A shielded room for EEG measurements
  • Two soundproof behavioral testing booths

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FCET

(Frankfurt Center for Emerging Therapeutics)

Processes:

  • Cellular and Phenotypic screening

  • Protein Production

  • Medicinal Chemistry

  • Genomics and genetic perturbation screens

  • Computational Biomedicine

  • Proteomics

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FCEM

(Frankfurt Center for Electron Microscopy)

FCEM is a hub for cross-disciplinary units focusing on the application of electron microscopy in biochemistry, biophysics, geoscience,physics and inorganic chemistry.

Processes:

  • Cryogenic electron microscopy single particle analysis (cryo-EM SPA)

  • Cryogenic electron tomography (cryo-ET)

Equipment/Infrastructure:

  • Various transmission electron microscopes (TEM) with cryo holders and many other features

  • FIB/SEM for sample preparation and FEBID/FIBID

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GCCLaS

(Goethe Competence Center for Language Science)

The GCCLaS is an interdisciplinary competence center with state-of-the-art technology platforms that are used across a wide range of language-related disciplines.

Infrastructure/Processes:

  • Eye-tracking systems
  • Methods from the natural sciences applied to language research

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Being Transferred

The restructuring process is in progress. These centers are currently being transferred to Go4Tec.

FIERCE

(Frankfurt Isotope and Element Research Center)

FIERCE is a cross-faculty laboratory facility dedicated to inorganic isotopic and elemental analysis.

Processes:

  • Specialized in analyses of  trace elements and Li, B, Sr, Nd, Pb, and Hf isotopes

Equipment/Infrastructure:

  • Several ICPMS with specific features

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Establishment Phase

These centers are currently in the process of being established.

iCALM

(imaging Center for Advanced Light Microscopy)

Equipment:

  • Microscopes: diverse portfolio of fluorescence microscopes (e.g. living and fixed specimen, etc..)

  • Stellaris STED Simulated Emission Depletion Microscope
  • STELLARIS confocal microscope with Leica modalities, including FLIM, DNS

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Method Lab EDS

(Method Lab Educational Digital Studies)

The Method Lab EDS is an interdisciplinary competence center for Educational Digital Studies (EDS), featuring an agile spatial concept, modern and innovative technological infrastructure, as well as workspace designed to foster creativity and critical reflection.

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