Cultural Isolation Room
The research in these Ecology Laboratories will integrate below and above ground ecology aiming to understand community and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. The main activities will be handling and processing plant and soil materials, studies on plant and soil invertebrates and measurement of soil nutrients to study their fluxes and cycling in terrestrial ecosystems.
Equipment: 96 Wall Thermal Cycler
Model/Brand: Veriti Thermo Fisher
Specifications
- Reaction Volume Range: 10-100 µl
- Sample Ramp Rate: ± 3.35 °C⁄sec
- VeriFlex™ Blocks: 25 °C (5 °C Zone-to-Zone), Standard 0.2ml format and sample block enabled to run fast chemistry
- Max. Ramp Rate: 3.9°C/Sec (Block), 3.35°C/Sec (Sample)
- Thermal Accuracy: ±0.0.25°C (35°C to 99.9°C)
Applications
For quantitative PCR applications
Equipment: Freeze Dryer
Model/Brand: 710612050 LABCONCO
Specifications
- Collector Temperature: -84° C, -119° F
- Ice Holding Capacity: 6L
Applications
For lyophilizing moderate to large samples loads or numerous small container batches
Equipment: Forced Air Drying Oven
Model/Brand: VWR
Specifications
Temperature ranges between 70 to 250 °C
Applications
For wide range of laboratory applications.
Equipment: Refrigerated Shaking Incubator
Model/Brand: SHKE6000-8CE THERMO SCIENTIFIC
Specifications
- Orbit Size (mm): 19
- Max Speed (rpm): 500
- Max Load (kg): 22.7
- Max Operating Temperature (° C): 80
Applications
Sample storage and orbital shaking with intuitive
Equipment: Waterbath
Model/Brand: WTB 35 MEMMERT
Specifications
- Setting temperature range: +10 to +100 °C
- Setting accuracy temperature: 0.1 °C
Applications
For the temperature control of ointments, emulsions, samples, plates and nutrient solutions
Equipment: Waterbath
Model/Brand: MEMMERT
Specifications
Temperature range up to +95 °C (with Peltier cooling unit CDP115 from +10 °C)
Applications
Provides precise test procedures
Equipment: Gel Doc XR+ Gel Documentation System
Model/Brand: Geldoc XR+ BioRad
Specifications
- Maximum sample size: 28 x 36 cm
- Maximum image area: 19.4 x 26 cm
- Excitation source: Epi-white light and trans-UV (302 nm)
- Detector: CCD
- Image resolution: 4 megapixels
- Operating temperature: 10–28°C (21°C recommended)
- Operating humidity: <70% noncondensing
Applications
It is an ideal accompaniment to PCR, purification, and electrophoresis systems, enabling image analysis and documentation of restriction digests, amplified nucleic acids, genetic fingerprinting, RFLPs, and protein purification and characterization.