Laboratory Services

The Oral Biochemistry lab facilitates a broad variety of biochemical technologies:

General protein biochemistry

- Peptide synthesis (linear, cyclization, conjugation)

- Click chemistry

- Protein purification

- Maldi

- SDS page

- Western- and dotblot

- Total Protein measurement

- HPLC

- Mucin isolation by ultracentrifugation

- Phage display

Salivary diagnostics; detection and activity

- Detection of mucins MUC5B and MUC7, albumin, lactoferrin, S-cystatin, secretory Immunoglobulin A, caffeine and steroid hormones in saliva

- Activity of amylase, chitinase, proteases and lysozyme

Antibacterial activity

- Colony counting

- MIC assays

- Propidium Iodide detection

- Anti-biofilm activity

- bacterial aggregation

- ATP, AMP, ADP and NAD(H) determination

Protective functions of saliva

- Salivary buffer capacity

- Salivary flow

- Erosion on hard tissue

- Visco-elastic measurements

- Cell culturing

- Wound healing models (in vitro)