Instrumentation supporting extracellular vesicle research

Extracellular vesicle and nanoparticle research at Umeå University and the Umeå University Hospital (NUS) is supported by a range of open research infrastructures locally and nationally. In addition, local instrumentation (such as centrifuges and smaller instrumentation) is organized through user clubs.

Key infrastructures for extra cellular vesicle characterization:

Electron Microscopy at UCEM

https://www.umu.se/forskning/infrastruktur/umea-centre-for-electron-microscopy-ucem/

Optical Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy at BICU

https://www.umu.se/forskning/infrastruktur/biochemical-imaging-centre-umea-bicu/

Biomolecular characterization

Including CD spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, surface plasmon resonance, quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation, isothermal calorimetry, fluorescence

https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/biomolecular-characterization-umea-/

Chemical analysis using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy at the NMR platform

For example analyses of proteins or lipids in EVs

https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/nmr/

Metabolite, small molecule and lipid analyses at the Swedish Metabolomics Centre

https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/metabolomics/

Chemical analysis using Vibrational Spectroscopy at ViSp

https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/visp/

Surface chemical analysis using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy at the XPS platform

https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/xps/

Monosaccharide analyses at the Biopolymer Analytical Platform

Developed for plant cell walls.

https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/bap/

All larger infrastuctures at Umeå Unversity

https://www.umu.se/en/research/research-infrastructure/

Latest update: 2025-08-04