Laboratory for Fish Immunology
Institute of Infectology
The laboratory for fish immunology deals with the development of tools and methods for the characterization of the cellular immune response in fish. Well established and novel immunological methods are used for the characterization of the naive (including ontogeny studies) and responding immune systems (after viral and bacterial infections). The laboratory has a long tradition in cell-mediated cytotoxicity.
Overview of Methods
- in-vitro assays for cell-mediated cytotoxicity
- cell separation and cytology
- immunohistochemistry
- flow cytometry and cell sorting
- confocal laser scanning microscopy
- real-time RT-PCR