Infrastructure
In order to study the effects of abiotic stresses on plants and the resistance mechanisms that they may put in place to cope with them, the GRPV laboratory has a range of equipment for studying the physiological state of plants (photosynthesis, water status, synthesis of biochemical compounds, etc.), any morphological and histological changes (microscopes, microtomes, etc.) and their genetic response (DNA, RNA, PCR, qPCR, etc.).
Physiological equipment: IRGA-fluorometer, porometer, pressure bomb, osmometer, chlorophyllometer, UV-visible spectrophotometer, atomic absorption spectrometer.
Histological equipment: microtomes, staining chain, white light and fluorescence microscopes, stereomicroscopes.
Molecular biology equipment: PCR thermocycler, qPCR thermocycler, electrophoresis equipment.
Associated technological platforms:
Sefy – Plant Cultivation Facilities
The SEFY platform is first and foremost 2000 m2 of cultivation area divided into greenhouses and phytotrons.
MOCA – Mineral & Organic Chemical Analysis
The MOCA platform offers a wide range of physico-chemical analyses of complex mineral and organic matrices (water, soil and sediments, waste, biomass, food, living organisms, samples from biotechnological and chemical processes, etc.).
IMABIOL – Biological Imaging
The IMABIOL platform has a range of high-resolution imaging equipment for biological samples (confocal microscopy, epifluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy, flow cytometry, ….).
MASSPROT – Proteomic & protein analysis by mass spectrometry
The MASSPROT platform offers expertise in proteomics and bioinformatics, as well as a range of mass spectrometry, chromatography and two-dimensional electrophoresis techniques.
FERM – University of Louvain Farms
The FERM platform has 100 hectares of agricultural land, in conventional and organic farming, and is dedicated to field crops, livestock and market gardening.