The photobiology laboratory has considerable experience in the cultivation of photosynthetic microorganisms (microalgae, cyanobacteria and red bacteria) in open and closed culture systems for the production of algal and/or microbial biomass, biofuels (hydrogen) and bioplastics.
Relevant Instrumentation
- Culture chambers with thermo-illuminated incubators
- HPLC (ThermoFinnigan-Spectra System 6000 LP)
- Portable spectrophotometer iris-HI801- Hanna Instruments
- Photobioreactors (various sizes)
- LI-COR Reader, LI-250A
- Oxygraph (YSI 5300A-2, YSI 5215)
- Outdoor facilities: fully controlled tubular photobioreactor (volume 70 litres) for massive culture of photosynthetic microorganisms outdoors, with appropriate software and controllers for measurement and control of culture parameters
| Chief Scientific Officer | Eleftherios Touloupakis |
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| Team | Isabela Calegari Moia, Raffaella Margherita Zampieri |
| Contacts | E-mail: eleftherios.touloupakis@cnr.it |