Environmental Monitoring and Biotechnology Laboratory

The Environmental Monitoring Laboratory (LMA) performs environmental monitoring studies through measurements and/or observations of physical and chemical variables in the environment, water and soil sampling, geophysical surveys, in addition to microbiological analyzes and bioprospecting of new molecules for environmental studies, from a proprietary collection of microorganisms.

LMA is accredited, for groundwater and surface water sampling methods, on the basis of ISO/IEC 17025.

Equipment available

Pumps for low-flow groundwater sampling

MP20 flow cell with multiparameter probe*

AP 900 multiparameter probe*

Water/oil interface meter

Deep water level gauge • Leveloggers

Automatic Slug/Bail Test Kit: hydraulic conductivity tests in wells

Guelph Permeameter

8-channel SuperSting automatic and Xtal Control X5 manual electrical resistivity meters

Differential GPS

ADU-07e Magnetotelluric Equipment*

RAS 24* seismograph • Dynamic flow chambers: measurement of CO₂ flux from soil to atmosphere, soil moisture and temperature

Canisters for sampling and storage of gases, steam and atmospheric air

Ion Torrent – Complete system for DNA sequencing*

Thermal cycler

Bioruptor (sonicator)

Qubit – fluorescence-based DNA, RNA and protein quantification

Ultrafreezer

CO₂ incubator