Equipment

• Stereo microscope

• Microscope

• Fluorescence microscope (phase contrast, polarizing)

• Microtome

• PCR machines

• qPCR machine with High-Resolution Melting (HRM)

• Gel electrophoresis machine (agarose and polyacrylamide)

• Germinator/Cooled incubator

• UV gel documentation system

• Refrigerated/non-refrigerated microcentrifuge

• TissueLyser

• Laminar flow hood

• Fume hood

• Autoclave

• Drying oven

• Microwave

• Ultra-low freezer

• Desiccator cabinet

• Spectrophotometer (nanodrop and cuvette)

• Hot plate

• Micropipettes

• Analytical balance

• Nanopore sequencer

• GoldenThread System

Tests, assays, diagnostics, etc.

• Identification of cultivated plants (through morphological and molecular markers)

• DNA extraction, amplification, gel electrophoresis, visualization, sequencing

• Qualitative phytochemical screening

• Total oil, protein and moisture content determination 

• Sample preparation for assays (drying, grinding, extraction)

• Antioxidant assays (Total phenolic content, Hydrogen peroxide scavenging assay, DPPH)

• Seed viability and preliminary testing for dormancy

• Brine shrimp lethality bioassay 

• Herbarium preparation

• Morphological characterization of plant samples