Participating Faculties

The Courant Research Centre (CRC) will profit from the unique combination of expertise housed in the three participating green faculties, including:


  • Biology and Psychology,
  • Agricultural Sciences and
  • Forest Sciences & Forest Ecology.



The CRC is located at the University's North Campus which houses state-of-the-art laboratories with excellent equipment (e.g. LSM microscopy, luciferase imaging system, real-time RT PCR) and climate chambers. The following facilities are within walking distance:


  • Schwann-Schleiden Research Centre (Laser Scan Microscopy, luciferase imaging system, etc.)
  • Plant Biochemistry (HPLC, GCMS, etc.)
  • the Genome Laboratory/Microbiology (Next generation sequencing, transcriptomics, proteomics),
  • Phytopathology (HPLC-MS),
  • Forest Botany and Tree Physiology (EDX-TEM, SEM, FTIR-microscopy),
  • Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology (Proteomics),
  • the Competence Center of Stable Isotopes (KOSI),
  • and the Laboratory of Radioactive Isotopes (LARI).