SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CHAIR OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOENGINEERING AND BIOCHEMICSTRY
LAB OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Room 106. Lab of fermentative biotechnologies
Services:
1. Production and realization of small consignments of ferments, yeast, blue-green algae and other phototrophs, preparations for soil and effluent treatment, feeding preparations, etc. Equipment: bioreactors BIOSTAT® A PLUS (effective volume 1 liter) and BIOSTAT® PBR 2 S (effective volume 3 liters) that are used for photosynthetic germs’ cultivation both in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Equipped with pH, temperature, oxygen and turbidity controls.
2. Carrying out the researches in field of (fermentative) technological processes’ development and scaling. Equipment: Bioreactor BIOSTAT® A PLUS (effective volume 1 liter).
3. Analysis of beverages, food (potable and sewage); cationic composition, vitamins, coloring and preserving agents of feeding and alimentary products. Equipment: System of capillary electrophoresis Kapel-105.
Room 108. Laboratory of biopreparations.
Services:
1. Determination of composition and quality of feeding and alimentary products (wheat, barley, oats, rye and wheat flour, feed stuff, desiccated milk, etc.). Equipment: IR Analyzer InfraLUM® FT-10.
2. Testing of biopreparations for plant protection. Cultivation of plants in controlled lightning, humidity, temperature conditions. Equipment: Climate Chamber MLR-351H. It can also be used to cultivate daphnids and algae (while the biotesting of water is in progress).
3. Nitrogen determination in liquid and solid samples (in food and alimentary products). Equipment: automatic unit for Kjeldahl’s steam distillation PRO-NITRO A.
4. Production and realization of small consignments of biopreparation for plant protection. Equipment: Bioreactor BIOSTAT® A PLUS (effective volume 1 liter).
LABORATORY OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
Room 110. Laboratory of microbic polysaccharides.
Services:
1. Selective works with germ cultures.
2. Collecting of germ cultures.
3. Obtaining of pure strains and germ cultures associations from natural environments.
4. Analysis of microbic compositions of food and feeding products.
5. Biodeterioration analysis.
Equipment: Laminar flow units, thermostats, microscopes, shakers, freeze storage plants.
Room 111. Laboratory of fundamental biotechnology.
Services:
1. Control of cells viability and cells number (for nuclear cells). Equipment: Cell viability analyzer Vi-CELL XR.
2. Production and realization of small consignments of polysaccharides. Equipment: Bioreactor BIOSTAT® A PLUS (effective volume 1 liter).
3. Analysis of carbohydrate, protein, lipid composition of various samples (plant raw material for alcohol industry, food products, experimental biopreparations, etc.). Equipment: Liquid chromatograph LC-20 A Prominence.
Room 113. Laboratory of nutritional media.
Services:
1. Sterilizing of various materials. Equipment: Vertical autoclave (automatic model) MLS-3781L.
Room 114 (b). Laboratory of lyophilisation.
Services:
1. Lyophilisation of cultures, polysaccharides, proteins, biopreparations, etc. Equipment: Freeze-drier FD MII-4M.
Room 115. Laboratory of microscopy.
Services:
1. Examination of living uncolored cells, morphometry and evaluation of condition of cell pool. Equipment: Automatic interference microscope.
LABORATORY OF BIOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS
Rooms 107, 109. Testing laboratories.
Services:
1. Molding of polymer materials samples, composite materials in a flash-type mold at designed temperature and pressure during a regulated period of time. Equipment: Heat Press Machine GT-7014-H50C.
2. Testing of tension, pressure, shearing, tear strength, etc. of rubber, plastic, composition material, cloth, paper, membranes and fabric samples. Equipment: multipurpose test machine UAI-7000 M.
3. Tension, durability, tear strength, 90° and 180° peel, seam strength, shift/shear, puncture testing of polymer membranes, flexible packing materials, adhesives, adhesive tapes, glues, rubber, paper. Equipment: XLW (РС) – Auto.
4. Peel, shift/shear, tension testing of adhesive, layered, plastic films, paper and other flexible materials; testing of weld joint efficiency. Equipment: analyzer HTT-L1.
5. Testing of glue, paints and ointments’ viscosity. Counting slot of 0,3~13, 3~150, 100~4000 mPas/sec. Equipment: Viscometer VT-04F.
6. Testing of adhesives and adhesive surfaces’ tack under shear deformation. Equipment: CZY-6S.
7. Thickness gauging of polyethylene film, foil and other materials accurate to 0,1 micron. Equipment: CHY-C2.
8. Humidity measurement of solid, sheet, bulk, spread materials of water suspension and non-aqueous liquids. Equipment: Thermogravimetric humidity analyzer MS-70.
9. Specific gravity and density testing of granules-, scales- and powder-like materials. Equipment: High resolution automatic density analyzer H-200L.
10. Testing of deterioration of various materials by forced convection and circulation. Equipment: GT-7090-H.
11. Measurement of static and kinetic friction coefficient of films and fabrics; peel testing of adhesive layered materials. Equipment: FPT-F1.
Room 105. Laboratory of physicochemical methods of analysis.
Services:
1. Studying of living uncolored cells, morphometry and evaluation of condition of cell pool. Equipment: Automatic interference microscope.
2. HPLC analysis of carbons and hydrocarbons. Equipment: Liquid chromatograph LC-20AD.
3. Gas-liquid chromatography analysis of methyl ethers of aliphatic acids, acetates, vinylbenzene, alcohols. Equipment: Chromatograph GC-2010 Plus.
4. Infrared spectrometer analysis of dry powders and films with Fourier transform. Equipment: Infrared Fourier spectrometer IR Prestige-21.
5. Spectrophotometric analysis (190-1300 nanometers) of various solutions. Equipment: Spectrophotometer UV-3600.
SERVICES OF A SMALL ENTERPRISE «BIOZASHITA» FOR 2012-2017
1. Diagnostics of pollution by using fluorescence of chlorophyll of algae and higher plants.
2. Diagnostics of pathological changes in human and animal blood cells (cardiovascular diseases, oncology, veterinary, etc.): morphology of cells, membrane condition (permeability, viscosity), proteins’ condition (hemoglobin, albumen).
3. Diagnostics of the effects of anthropogenic factors on human and animal cells and tissue condition.
4. Diagnostics of the effects of optical radiation on DNA and blood cells.
5. Diagnostics of tissue condition by the analysis of phospholipids and fatty-acid composition.
6. Recommendations on medical and preventive biopreparations (pectins, human serum albumin).