Laboratories (Faculty of Biomedical Sciences)

Laboratory of Ecological Monitoring

Industrial partners

Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Centre of Laboratory Analysis and Engineering Measurements in the Central Federal District” of the Voronezh region
OOO Voronezhvtorma

Research area

Ecological monitoring of the environment situation

Laboratory equipment

Оhaus Pioneer 214 C analytical balance
Оhaus Pioneer 114 C counter balance
KM-2M concentrator
EK-1 extractor
KFK-3KM spectrophotometer
Ta-Lab voltammetric analyser with a muffle-type furnace and “Chisto-Ta” detachable device for ozon treatment of glassware and samples
ITAN рН-meter with a set of ion selective electrodes

Available research methods

Challenges

Assessment of the environmental condition of natural surface and subterranean waters, analysis of the waste water composition, including identification of oil, petroleum, fat, synthetic surfactant, and heavy metal pollution
Specification of the chemical composition of air
Assessment of the environmental condition of soil, including identification of oil, petroleum, and heavy metal pollution
Specification of the chemical composition of plants

Major projects

Conducting research in the area of landscape and environmental assessment in the area of Yelan-Koleno copper-nickel deposits
Conducting works in the area of the irrigation systems engineering in the Buturlinovka, Vorobiovka, Novokhoper, Talovoye districts of the Voronezh region

Research area

Studying human, animal, plant, and microorganism gene expression under various conditions and physicochemical factor exposure
Taxonomic identification of organisms of different systematic groups
Development of molecular genetic methods for fast identification of species of organisms relevant for humans
Assessment of genotoxicity of various factors for an organism

Laboratory equipment

Available research methods

Challenges

Studying gene expression
Development of methods for identification of organisms belonging to different taxonomic groups
Assessment of genotoxicity of various factors

Major projects

Russian Science Foundation grant No. 18–76–00027 “Development of new approaches to evaluate the toxicity of pesticides for insect-pollinators”
Federal target programme No. 14.577.21.0257 “Development of biomolecular methods for quality control of milk and fat-and-oil productions by means of high-performance DNA analysis”
Russian Science Foundation grant No. 6–14–00176 “Studying and genetic certification of agriculturally significant insects and mites, followed by the genomic selection of pollinating insects and entomophages”