ECOTOX research activities take place at the Molecular Laboratory located at CITEXVI (Lab 99, 2nd floor) and at Toralla Marine Station (ECIMAT) integrated in theEuropean Marine Biological Research Centre (EMBRC-ERIC).
Equipment available:
Own:
Molecular biology:
DIGICEN 20R Refrigerated Centrifuge, ORTO ALRESA.
Molecular Imager Gel Doc™ XR+ System with Image Lab™ Software, BIO-RAD, automated image capture and analysis of gels and blots, 2 modes (trans-UV and epi-white).
Trans-Blot Turbo™ Transfer System, BIO-RAD: western blotting transfer system.
Mini-PROTEAN Tetra Handcast Systems, BIO-RAD: electrophoretic chamber used in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE or SDS-PAGE).
Wide Mini-Sub Cell GT Cell, BIO-RAD: electrophoretic chamber used in nucleic acid gel (Agarose).
PowerPac™ Basic power, BIO-RAD: power supply to horizontal and mini vertical gel electrophoresis (Nucleic acid gel electrophoresis / Protein gel electrophoresis).
Leica DMI 4000B inverted microscope, Digital Camera Leica DFC 295, and Image Analysis Software LAS (Leica Application Suite).
Polarographic Stand 663VA Methrom with Eco Chemie Autolab PGSTAT10 potentiostat and BASi potentiostat CGME with BAS CV-50W for the determination of metals in seawater.
Cryopreservation system of CryoLogic CONTROL SYSTEMS Pty. Ltd. for cryopreservation of biological material.
Shared:
ECIMAT
Sea water system (3000 L) to maintain stocks of marine invertebrates: Routine maintenance of adult stocks of echinoderms (Paracentrotus lividus)crustaceans (Acartia sp, Corophium sp.) or fish with the aim of obtaining biological material for embryolarval bioassays.
Isothermal rooms for phytoplankton culture with routine cultures Isochrysis galbana, Tetraselmis suecica, Chaetoceros gracilis, Selenastrum capricornutum and other microalgal species used in bioassays.