English
SlovenčinaAcronym: ECOTOXLAB
Room (block/door number): E 407
Basic information about the research infrastructure:
Development period: 12 years
Type: concentrated in one location / distributed across different locations
Average number of users per year: 40
List of projects or funding sources that contributed to the establishment or modernization of the research infrastructure: VEGA, KEGA, APVV, UNIVNET
Room (block/door number): E 407
Basic information about the research infrastructure:
Development period: 12 years
Type: concentrated in one location / distributed across different locations
Average number of users per year: 40
List of projects or funding sources that contributed to the establishment or modernization of the research infrastructure: VEGA, KEGA, APVV, UNIVNET
Detailed information about the research infrastructure/laboratory
- Description and data on the research infrastructure/laboratory:
The Ecotoxicological Laboratory is equipped with a fluorescence spectrometer (software LUMSoft 4) with a thermoblock for microbiotests with Vibrio fischeri bacteria, a water bath, a laboratory incubator with adjustable temperature and light regimes (day/night), a Multi 340i device (for measuring pH, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity in liquid samples), a centrifuge, a microscope, and other tools necessary for conducting biotests (conventional – first-generation tests; microbiotests – second-generation tests; and, in terms of the complexity of the detection system: microcosms) on environmental as well as waste samples. The laboratory also maintains cultures of test organisms. The equipment is used for research purposes, student theses, and the teaching of courses such as Toxicology and Ecotoxicology and Industrial Toxicology. -
List of instrumentation:
- Fluorescence spectrometer LUMIStox
- Thermoblock LUMIStherm
- Multimeter Multi 340i
- Laboratory incubator ST FOT
- Laboratory centrifuge EBA 20
- Digital combined microscope with computer
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Justification of uniqueness/strategic importance:
The laboratory is equipped with devices for the determination of ecotoxicological properties and represents a significant part of pollutant analysis in the environment.
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Assignment of the research infrastructure to one or more research fields:
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Ecotoxicology, environmental biomonitoring