The institute has a total of 14 S2 laboratories and an extensive range of equipment for bioconversion. This includes the screening of new biocatalysts, bioprocess engineering as well as all common microbiological methods.

• Various bioreactors from 50 mL to 1 L
• 2 dual bioreactor systems, 50 mL-800 mL
• 4 Parallel Bioreactor System
• 1 bioreactor 5 L
• 3 bioreactors 10 L
• 1 bioreactor 20 L
• 6-fold parallel photobioreactor for the cultivation of algae
• Sampling probes, cell-free
• Dialysis probe
• Ultrasonic biomass separation
• Filtration systems, cros flow filtration, electrodialysis
• Off-gas analysis (CO₂, O₂)

• Microplate readers for online measurements
• laboratory robot for liquid handling and high-throughput-Screening, anaerobic operation possible
• Duetz-system: mounting for microtiter plates for aerobic and anaerobic screening

• 3 clean benches
• 3 benches for anaerobic work
• System for preparing anaerobic medium
• 4 autoclaves
• Various incubator shakers for shake flask and microtiter plate
• Centrifuges in different sizes, microtiter plate centrifuge, 6 L floor standing centrifuge
• microscope, stereo microscope
• Photometer (UV-VIS, fluorescence)