Wood Biotechnology Laboratory
Contato:
Prof. Dr. Heber dos Santos Abreu
e-mail: Abreu@ufrrj.br
Areas of Performance:
- Biosynthesis of the lignina
- Formation of extracellular lignina
In the Laboratory of Wood Biotechnology advanced research is developed in biotechnology applied to the study of the wood and its chemical, biochemical and its strutural componantes. The laboratory offers support to the professors, graduation and postgraduation students of the Department of Forest Products in scientific initiation projects, master and doctor.
The infrastructure of our laboratory counts on the following equipment and materials:
- Centrifugal machine Beckman-Coulter Avanti J-25
- Centrifugal machine Sigma 3K30
- Digestor Block Gehardt with scrubber and Kjedatherm microprocessor
- Sterilizer Eletrolab
- Scale Bioprecisa FA2104N of four 503/5 digits
- Chapel of horizontal laminar flow Pachane
- orbital agitating Table for fabric culture - Marconi MA 140/CF
- Table agitator-Qimis
- Oven with fotoperíodo and termoperíodo BOD) Eletrolab 112FC
- Rotavapor Quimis
- Two Celeron computers 2.2GHz
- Ultraviolet Shimadzu Mini 1240
- pHmetros - Analyser
- pHmetros - Quimis
- Vertical Refrigerator - Brastemp
- Mecanical Triturador for vegetal fabrics - (Potters B. Braun Biotech)
- 2 Ovens for sterilization - Fanen
- Oven - NT