Environmental Monitoring and Biotechnology Laboratory
The Environmental Monitoring Laboratory (LMA) performs environmental monitoring studies through measurements and/or observations of physical and chemical variables in the environment, water and soil sampling, geophysical surveys, in addition to microbiological analyzes and bioprospecting of new molecules for environmental studies, from a proprietary collection of microorganisms.
LMA is accredited, for groundwater and surface water sampling methods, on the basis of ISO/IEC 17025.
Equipment available
Pumps for low-flow groundwater sampling
MP20 flow cell with multiparameter probe*
AP 900 multiparameter probe*
Water/oil interface meter
Deep water level gauge • Leveloggers
Automatic Slug/Bail Test Kit: hydraulic conductivity tests in wells
Guelph Permeameter
8-channel SuperSting automatic and Xtal Control X5 manual electrical resistivity meters
Differential GPS
ADU-07e Magnetotelluric Equipment*
RAS 24* seismograph • Dynamic flow chambers: measurement of CO₂ flux from soil to atmosphere, soil moisture and temperature
Canisters for sampling and storage of gases, steam and atmospheric air
Ion Torrent – Complete system for DNA sequencing*
Thermal cycler
Bioruptor (sonicator)
Qubit – fluorescence-based DNA, RNA and protein quantification
Ultrafreezer
CO₂ incubator
Coordination
Francine Melise dos Santos
Researcher and LMA Coordinator
