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.