Equipment

The GIGA zebrafish facility is a state of the art facility holding over 600 tanks split up into 3 separate multi-rack systems (main facility) and 3 stand-alone systems (quarantine).  The facility currently holds 15000 Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) whose health (high standard of care given) is closely and accurately monitored by an experienced staff. 

It currently provides housing support for researchers from several departments at Liege University but also offers individually-tailored support and services for external researchers and companies interested in using zebrafish

• Six microinjection platforms for transgenesis and mutants generation
• Fluorescence microscopes and stereomicroscopes with camera and image analysis software
• Motorised advance Vibroslice Campden MA752
• Automated whole mount in situ hybridization station
• Zebrabox: high throughput solution for behavorial analysis data

Our platform works in close collaboration with the GIGA-CELL IMAGING platform.This allows us to increase our imaging capabilities and to better satisfy your needs.

The recent acquisition of a lighsheet microscope (Z1 Zeiss) allows live imaging of 3D embryos.

Timelapse of neuronal development

Timelapse of neuronal development in the tail of an embryonic zebrafish embryo using the HuC-gfp line