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
- Spectrophotometric and photocolorimetric research methods
- Voltammetric method of analysis
- Potentiometric and ionometric methods of analysis
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
- CFX96 96-channel real-time amplifier
- Z 36 NK versatile centrifuge
- MDF-U3386S freezer –86 S, 333 l.
- CFX96 touch 96-channel real-time amplifier
- Hitachi High-Technologies F-7000 spectrofluorimeter
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”