All research groups use this laboratory for the analysis, using different approaches and methodologies, of plants, insects, soil and water samples.

Research topics

Analysis of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in liquid samples to trace the water cycle in ecosystems. A microwave digestion system permits the acid mineralization of different matrices and their elemental concentration is then determined by Inductively-Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectroscopy. Chemical ecology: Electroantennography is used to record electrical potentials from insect antennae, . These potentials provide information about olfactory perception in insects.

Equipment and technologies

The lab contains several instruments for research performed in the lab:

• pH meter
• Microtome
• Two chemical hoods
• A Single Reaction Chamber (SRC) microwave digestion system
• Inductively-Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectroscopy
• Picarro Isotope analyser
• Microscope
• GC-EAD coupled with an electroantennogram apparatus
• GC-MS with Gerstel autosampler MPS 2XL

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