Our laboratory has the equipment required to carry out research using biotechnological processes (fermentations, cell cultures, enzymatic reactions) to obtain bioactive compounds, biopolymers and microorganisms of interest.
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Description
Infrastructure of 100 m2 made up of three different areas: biotechnology laboratory, pilot equipment laboratory and clean room for microbiology.
There is equipment for selecting microorganisms up to the optimisation and scaling-up of biotechnological processes and characterisation of the products obtained:
- Orbital incubators, centrifuges, ovens and autoclaves for optimising parameters and culture media, growing microorganisms, and/or obtaining compounds of interest.
- 2, 5 and 40-litre bioreactors operating in discontinuous, semi-continuous and continuous mode, for scaling-up processes.
- Reactors with stirring and temperature control for selecting enzymes and establishing enzymatic reactions.
- Climatic chamber.
- Microplate spectrophotometer.
Clean room equipment:
- Type IIA biosafety cabinet.
- Microanaerophilic cabinet for working with microorganisms with strict oxygen requirements.
- Homogeniser for grinding solid food samples.
It has its own collection of isolated microorganisms from various sources. It is complemented by the following processes:
- Physically and chemically analysing cultures.
- Protecting and stabilising ingredients and micro-organisms.
- Carrying out in vitro studies.
- Validating products obtained.
Aimed at:
- Manufacturers of food ingredients and additives.
- Manufacturers of nutritional supplements and nutraceuticals.
- Biotechnology companies.
- Functional food producers.
- Suppliers of microorganisms.
