The new Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC) of the Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), located in the workshop of the Institute of High Energy Physics (IFAE), will provide a controlled environment for testing satellites, subsystems, and space instruments under conditions representative of Earth orbit
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IBUB – Seahorse Oxidative metabolism analysis equipment
The Agilent Seahorse analyzer allows in vitro measurement of the oxygen consumption rate
(OCR) and the extracellular acidification rate (ECAR). The OCR and ECAR rates
are key indicators of mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis as is the ATP
production rate, and together these measurements provide a systems-level view
of cellular metabolic function.
(OCR) and the extracellular acidification rate (ECAR). The OCR and ECAR rates
are key indicators of mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis as is the ATP
production rate, and together these measurements provide a systems-level view
of cellular metabolic function.
Global Governance Bibliographic Database
The “Global Governance Bibliographic Database” provides an interactive open-access dashboard to explore, visualize, and export publication data on global governance literature.
The user-friendly database interface puts a special focus on exploring demographic characteristics contained in the database, such as scholars’ gender or regional providence. We thus hope to make an important contribution to making the field of global governance scholarship more diverse, by a) highlighting persistent inequalities and concentrations in publication patterns, and b) allowing students, scholars, and other interested audiences to quickly identify literature from marginalized groups, so they can make their syllabi, reading lists, or literature reviews more representative, inclusive, and diverse.
Pollinators collection
Reference collections.
Since 2006, 30,000 pollinating insect specimens have been reached. Currently made up of tens of thousands of specimens of 750 different species of pollinating insects, this collection dates back to 2006, when the related line of research of CREAF began, under the direction of Jordi Bosch and Anselm Rodrigo.
The collection has grown as a result of both sporadic catches and systematic and standardized sampling, carried out mainly through entomological networks, colored traps and nesting tubes for solitary bees and wasps. It includes samples from different parts of the Iberian Peninsula, such as Catalonia (Garraf, Montseny, Lleida, Olot), Sierra Nevada, Cuenca and Burgos.
It is complemented by a correlation database containing information on the abundance of certain species, their functional traits (e.g., body size, length of mouthparts), and any observed interactions (plants from which they collect pollen). len, types of parasites present in their nests, behavioral traits, etc.). The collection has been used to perform molecular analyzes and meta-analyzes with various associated centers.
Forest and pasture soil collection
Reference Collections.
Since the 1970s, a thousand samples of soil from forests and pastures in Catalonia have been preserved, characterized in terms of physical, chemical and biological properties.
The soil research group associated with CREAF and the Autonomous University of Barcelona has a descriptive field profile and a soil analysis for each study it has carried out since the 1970s. This has become Edafoteca , a collection of soil horizons from all over Spain, which includes samples from all over Galicia to Cantabria, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
The collection has grown to include about a thousand items today. It has been used to compare soils of a given place in different years, to study the earth in restored quarries, and for isotope analysis.
Cores of mediterranean trees
Reference collections.
As a result of the participation in the Forest Ecological Inventory of Catalonia (IEFC; 1988-1998), the Forestry and Fire Dynamics Group preserves more than 7,500 cores of typical trees of the Mediterranean area.
The collection comprises two core types: partial, where only a small part of the trunk has been extracted to estimate the growth in recent years, and entire cores, those with the whole series of time (up to the centre of the trunk).
In total, representatives trees, one of each diameter class, were extracted -from the 5 cm thickness of the trunk- in some 2,000 plots and of all type of species from Catalonia, except holm oak (Quercus ilex) and cork oak (Quercus suber) due to the nature of the wood of these species, since they do not have a typical growth ring.
This material has already been used in different scientific articles, to assess forest production, forest age, average growth, etc. and can be found in Can Balasc.
EMF – Ecosystem modeling installation
This infrastructure is specialized in the analysis and management of databases, and in the development and leadership of large-scale modeling projects on the dynamics of ecosystems in response to global change. It consists of a research and technical team of 3 people.
EMF intends to become a meeting point for people (from CREAF and more closely) interested in developing or applying models to predict the response of terrestrial ecosystems to the engines of global change, both for research purposes and knowledge transfer.
Plant physiology laboratory
Large sample processing laboratory
Processing large samples of fauna and plants (handling, separation, fine powder milling).
