Equipment and infrastructures

The Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology combines molecular and conventional techniques and approaches.

• Molecular biology

  • Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE)

  • Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE)

  • Real-time PCR machines

  • Centrifuges

  • Nanodrop

  • Spectrophotometer

  • Inverse Fluorescence Microscope

• Microbiology

  • Air and surface samplers

  • Food stomachers

  • Optical microscopes, binocular

  • Static and rotary shaking incubators

  • L1, L2 and L2+ laminar flows

  • Low temperature freezers (-20°C and -80°C)

  • DNA and protein gel electrophoresis

  • Protein purification equipment

• Infrastructures

  • L1, L2 and L2+ biosecurity laboratories

  • Access to greenhouse