Director: Emanuela Martino
Headquarters: Orto Botanico, Via S. Epifanio 14 (ground floor)
Main equipment:
- Laboratory glassware
- Magnetic stirring hotplate
- Precision balance
- Rotary evaporator
- Soxhlet apparatus
- Class A glass pipettes and flasks
- Centrifuge for separating solid particles from the supernatant
- Ultrasonic sonicator
- Chemical hood
- Knife mill
Activities performed:
Extraction and purification of secondary metabolites present in various species.
Laboratory Product Types:
DNA and RNA Extraction from Plants
DNA Amplification by PCR
RNA Reverse Transcription
Plant Species Identification Using Morphological Keys
Plant Species Identification Using Molecular Methods (RFLP)
Analysis of Genetic Polymorphisms with Molecular Markers (SSR)
Identification of Epigenetic Mechanisms: miRNA and Methylation (qRT-PCR, CRED-RA)
Screening for the Main Types of Herbicide Resistance (TSR, NTSR, EPIRESISTENCE)
Environmental DNA (eDNA) Extraction
Statistical Analysis of eDNA Sequencing Data
The Laboratory is equipped for:
Master's Theses and Doctoral Theses.