organisation - the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

PLANT
FACILITY
Paula Duque
Elena Baena-González
José Feijó
Jorg Becker
Users
The Plant Facility at the IGC ensures the growth and maintenance of Arabidopsis
thaliana plants, the model organism used by the plant research groups hosted
by the Institute. The facility consists of a custom-built greenhouse with lighting
control and temperature regulation and three custom-made fully controlled
growth chambers with short day, long day and continuous light settings, as well
as a walk-in plant growth room and three small reach-in chambers that allow the
performance of cell-based assays and more precise phenotypical analyses. Four
research groups (Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Stress Signalling, Cell Biophysics
and Development, and Plant Genomics) make use of the IGC Plant Facility as
they all use Arabidopsis as a model system in their experimental work.
FACILITY STAFF
Vera Nunes (Technician)
EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• 1 Walk-in Chamber (Aralab 10.000 EH 2009);
• 2 Reach-in Chambers (Aralab S600PLH);
• 1 Reach-in Chamber (Aralab D1200PL);
Funding Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
Reach-in chamber for cell-based assays and phenotypic analyses.
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Walk-in plant growth room with Arabidopsis thaliana cultures.
One of the three custom-built fully-controlled growth chambers.
IGC ANNUAL REPORT ‘11
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