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SlovenčinaAcronym: KIOLK-IN
Room (block/door number): 224
Basic information on research infrastructure:
Laboratory establishment period: The room itself was built and furnished in 2021-2022 and is being gradually equipped with instruments this year. The laboratory's instrumentation and instruments for ecophysiological research have been gradually purchased over the past 15 years.
Type: part of the equipment is in the laboratory (224) and part of the equipment/portable devices and chemicals are in rooms 211 and 224. Sample preparation for detailed analyses takes place in the practical mycology laboratory (door no. 023) in the library building, where the samples are sterilized, frozen, dried, or otherwise processed.
Average users per year: 5-10 researchers + 5-10 students
Projects or resources that contributed to the establishment or modernization of research infrastructure:
Room (block/door number): 224
Basic information on research infrastructure:
Laboratory establishment period: The room itself was built and furnished in 2021-2022 and is being gradually equipped with instruments this year. The laboratory's instrumentation and instruments for ecophysiological research have been gradually purchased over the past 15 years.
Type: part of the equipment is in the laboratory (224) and part of the equipment/portable devices and chemicals are in rooms 211 and 224. Sample preparation for detailed analyses takes place in the practical mycology laboratory (door no. 023) in the library building, where the samples are sterilized, frozen, dried, or otherwise processed.
Average users per year: 5-10 researchers + 5-10 students
Projects or resources that contributed to the establishment or modernization of research infrastructure:
- Faculty of Forestry
- Project Centre of Excellence: Adaptive Forest Ecosystems, Operational Program Research and Development, 2009 – 2012, ITMS 26220120006
- Centre of Excellence for Integrated River Basin Management in Changing Environmental Conditions
- Comprehensive research on mitigation and adaptation measures to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems of Slovakia - FORRES, ASFEU ITMS 313011T678, (2016-2019)
- APVV and VEGA projects
Detailed data on research infrastructure/laboratory
- Description and data on the research infrastructure/laboratory:
The laboratory can perform routine sample preparation for further analyses (some of which are subcontracted). The room has basic equipment such as a fume hood, dryer, scales, microscope, and common laboratory equipment. A device for measuring xylem hydraulic conductivity was recently purchased and will be put into operation within the year. Some portable devices are in rooms 211 and 224.
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List of equipment:
- gas exchange measuring device - Li-6400XT gasometric system (Li-cor, USA),
- chlorophyll a fluorescence measuring devices (fast light curves of chlorophyll a fluorescence, photochemical and non-photochemical quenching) PAM-2500 (Walz, Germany) and fast fluorescence kinetics (OKJIP-test) Handy PEA (Hansatech, UK),
- xylem hydraulic conductivity measuring device: XYL’EM system (Bronkhorst, France),
- SPECORD 50 spectrophotometer (Analytic Jena AG, Germany),
- Levenhuk MED 30T trinocular microscope with camera
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Justification of uniqueness/strategic importance:
The laboratory is mainly used for research purposes in fungi and plant ecophysiology. Both areas are important from a research perspective, and we have published several works in the past that have received worldwide acclaim. The equipment used allows us to collaborate internationally and is not least necessary for obtaining projects and their solution.
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Assigning research infrastructure to one or more research areas:
- 190 Agricultural and Forestry Sciences and 100 Environmental Studies and Ecology