Chemistry lab

The Chemistry Laboratory consists of several units, including:
– General Chemistry Laboratory: dedicated to filtration of water samples, total suspended solids (TSS) analysis, autoclave wet digestion of water samples, centrifugation and oven drying, freeze-drying of sediment and biological samples. The laboratory is equipped with AutoclaveVaporMatic 770, Memmert Stove, ISCO Incubator, Labconco freezone 2.5 Plus Lyophilizer, Beckman CoulterAllegra 25R Centrifuge, Beckman Coulter DU800 Single Beam UV-VIS Spectrophotometer.
– Laboratory for organic carbon: dedicated to the determination of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in water samples and total organic carbon (TOC) in sediment samples by catalytic oxidation at high temperatures; continuous adsorption measurements of dissolved chromophoric organic matter (CDOM); fluorimetric analysis of chlorophyll pigments. The laboratory is equipped with Shimadzu TOC-L CSH series + SSM 5000 organic carbon autoanalyzer, Shimadzu 2600 series dual-beam UV-VIS spectrophotometer, Turner Design V.1.2 FluorometerTrilogy Laboratory Fluorometer.
– Laboratory for nutrients and chlorophyll pigments: dedicated to analysis of dissolved and total nutrients in water samples by segmented flow autoanalyzer; chlorophyll pigment analysis by HPLC. The laboratory is equipped with Bran + LuebbeAutoanalyzer 3 Continuous Flow Analyzer (Bran + Luebbe, Norderstedt, Germany) and Shimadzu HPLC.

Manager: Antonietta Specchiulli

Institute: Lesina

Areas of Research:

Research Projects

The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.

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