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UM – Microscopy unit

The Microscopy Unit (MU) supplies the equipment, technical assistance, and specialized training necessary for researchers and external users, to undertake observation and analysis of microscopic structure of organisms from environmental aquatic systems, complex biological samples (such as biofilm) and samples from bioreactors and pilot plants. The Unit has several cameras attached to the equipment that allow high-quality storage of images, that can be later analysed with specific software, allowing a great variety of measurements and calculations.

Facility

Images

Inverted microscope, Eclipse Ti-S, Nikon

Epifluorescence microscope, Eclipse 80i, Nikon

Stereoscopic microscope, SMZ-1000, Nikon

Institutional Contacts / Head of Facilities

SI

Sara Insa

Institut Català de Recerca de l’Aigua (ICRA)

Provisional Contacts

Main Contact(s) of Facility

Staff

Head of facilities

CERCA Institutes

Girona, Spain

2006

Institut Català de Recerca de l’Aigua (ICRA)

Owners

Centres CERCA List

Address

Link

https://icra.cat/en/serveis-cientfics-i-/microscopy-unit-um/

Equipments & Services Offered

Equipments

Inverted microscope, Eclipse Ti-S, Nikon. Epifluorescence microscope, Eclipse 80i, Nikon. Stereoscopic microscope, SMZ-1000, Nikon.

Services

Detection and quantification of prokaryote populations using specific fluorescent probes Study of diatoms using Nomarski’s technique (DIC) Analysis and quantification of bacteria by nucleic acid staining Analysis of prokaryotes in water column samples Analysis of micro and macroinvertebrates by using stereo microscope

Categorització

RIS3CAT domains & other

Domains

RIS3CAT Domains

CERCA GINYS Categories

CERCAGINYS code

GINYS-ICRA-004

Access procedure & Fares

Access procedure

Contact to the responsible for the MU: Àlex Sànchez (asanchez@icra.cat)

Availability

Official fares & Access

https://icra.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ID_005_Politica_qualitat_v1.pdf

Official fares & Access

https://icra.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/88.pdf

Institutional Quality

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