Experimental facilities
Facilities for micro & macro-organisms
EMBRC-ES has facilities for the culture of different species of marine micro- and macro-organisms, from bioreactors to tanks for the maintenance of fish and marine invertebrates. Mesocosms, wet and dry laboratories, climate-controlled rooms or aquaria, are some of the facilities available for the maintenance of marine organisms. All our facilities are adequately equipped for the manipulation of the conditions of the natural environment (e.g pH, temperature, salinity and light) and with water purification.
Services at ECIMAT, CIM-UVigo
Aquaria and Tanks
Several rooms with aquaria and tanks for different experimental sets: quarantine, mollusc room, maintenance room, ... Availability of tanks of various volumes to suit the needs of the experiments (500 l, 150 l, 50 l,...).
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Climate Controlled Rooms
Three 4m2 rooms with temperature (5-35 ± 0.5 ºC) and photoperiod control adaptable to the user needs.
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Dry laboratories
Two labs with 67 m2 research laboratory for experiments and research work that do not require running sea water (sea water available in attached laboratories). The laboratory is thermally conditioned and has bench space, shelves, storage space and a table for the maintenance of living organisms.
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Mesocosms
Large-scale land-based and sea-based floating mesocosms in a nutrient-rich upwelling area.
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Wet laboratories
Two wet laboratories of 67 m2 for experiments and research work that require running seawater. The laboratory is thermally conditioned with a supply of air, oxygen, freshwater, sand filtered seawater (~50µ) at ambient temperature, 20 µm filtered seawater lines (13 and 18ºC), and different tanks volumes with photoperiod control in some experimentation sets.
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Services at PiE-UPV/EHU
Aquaria and tanks
Aquaria rooms for different experimental set ups (aquaculture, biomonitoring, toxicology).
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Climate controlled rooms
Aquaria and tanks for different experimental set ups (aquaculture, biomonitoring, ecotoxicology).
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Dry laboratories
Labs adjacent to tank rooms for dissection, histology, imaging, molecular biology, cell culture, analytical chemistry, histochemistry and biochemistry, cell separation and fractionation.
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Mesocosms
Availability of two 20000 L outdoor mesocosms with continuous water flow that can be used for toxicological, nutrition, rearing, climate change studies.
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Wet laboratories
Wet labs equipped for different experimental set ups (aquaculture, toxicology...)
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Services at BEA-FPCT-ULPGC
Climate controlled rooms
The biotechnology unit for the development of lab and pilot scale macroalgae (Gracilaria, Ulva, Hypnea and other seaweed genus) and microalgae culture work including a 50m2 growth room with light, photoperiod, temperature, air and CO2 control; an Algaemist lab scale full controlled photobioreactor, Beckman centrifuges and ultracentrifuge with different rotors, autoclave, pH-temperature-conductivity meters and sensors, Milli-Q water station, refrigerators and freezers, etc.
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Dry laboratories
Space at different laboratories is available
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Mesocosms
The 250m2 greenhouse pilot scale facility for mass culture of micro- and macroalgae includes 5 raceways (3 x 8 m2; 2 x 30 m2); tanks from 50 to 1500 L; vertical tubular photobioreactors from 30 to 400 L; different prototypes for micro- and macroalgae. Freshwater and seawater continuous flow are available as well as pumped-forced air and CO2 control. UV-light for water treatment, radiometers, pH and temperature sensors
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Aquaria and tanks
Systems for intensive algae cultivation under controlled conditions are available: Photobioreactors, tanks and raceways for macro- and microalgae cultivation.
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Structural and chemical analysis
Possibilities for extraction procedures and standard chemical analysis (proximal). Spectrophotometers and Turner fluorimeter are available
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