Laboratory of Botany services:
- Species group: vascular plants and habitat group: forests and heaths, grasslands, bogs, running and standing freshwater services of certified experts
- Identification of vascular plant species, including rare and protected plant species
- Inventory of dendrological plantations, inventory of dendrological objects (ancent trees, alleys, rare introduced trees): determination of tree vitality and landscape capacity, development of recommendations for greenery management
Contact information: peteris.evarts[at]biology.lv
Zoology laboratory services:
- Expertise of molluscs and small rodent species (Rodentia, Myoxidae) on nature protection issues
- Identification of mollusc collection materials
- Science communication activities (expeditions, lectures in schools, museums, etc.)
- Consultations
Contact information: iveta.jakubane[at]biology.lv
Coleopterological Research Center services:
- Expertise of invertebrate species in issues related to nature protection
- Identification of forest and agricultural pests
- Determination of beetle collection materials
- Science communication activities (expeditions, camps in nature, excursions and classes in nature, field practices, lectures in schools, etc.)
- Preparing students for Olympiad, competitions, etc.
- Consultations
Contact information: maksims.balalaikins[at]biology.lv
Forest biodiversity laboratory services:
- Species group: lichens and mosses services of certified nature experts
- Identification of lichen, lichenophilic fungi and moss species, including rare and protected species
Contact information: rolands.moisejevs[at]biology.lv
Genomics and biotechnology laboratory services:
- Establishment, maintenance, and propagation of plant tissue and cell cultures in vitro
- Molecular analysis of plant material
- DNA and RNA isolation and quality assessment
- Gene expression analysis using RT-qPCR
- Genetic diversity and genome analysis, including the RAPD method
- Assessment of the effects of nanoparticles and other biologically active substances on plants at the molecular, physiological, and genotoxicological levels
- Assessment of plant genotoxicity and molecular response mechanisms molekulārā, fizioloģiskā un genotoksikoloģiskā līmenī
Contact information: inese.kokina[at]du.lv
Animal ecology and evolution laboratory services:
- Ornithological expertise in issues related to nature protection
- Determination of the immunological status of insects – evaluation of reproductive potential to predict the number of pests
- Detection of bird blood parasites
Contact information: indrikis.krams[at]ut.ee
Hydroecology laboratory services:
- Physico-chemical properties of water, their changes (temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, electrical conductivity, oxidation-reduction potential, turbidity, total solutes, chlorophyll α – field conditions, biochemical oxygen consumption – laboratory conditions) in freshwater ecosystem studies;
- Application of hydroacoustic methods (current velocity, flow, bathymetry, fish stocks) in freshwater ecosystem studies;
- Structural-functional changes in zooplankton cenoses (taxonomic composition, diversity, number, biomass, size, seasonality, spatial distribution, etc.) in freshwater ecosystems as an indicator of their status;
- Eutrophication processes in freshwater ecosystems;
- Alien and relict species of lower and upper crustaceans in freshwater ecosystems;
- Hydrobiont oxidative stress research in collaboration with the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics;
- Genetic research of hydrobionts in collaboration with the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics.
Contact information: jana.paidere[at]du.lv
Parasitology and histology laboratory services:
- Parasitofauna of Latvian wild, domestic and freshwater fish;
- Prevalence of sarcocystosis and trichinosis in wild animals of Latvia;
- Interspecies and intra-species relationships of parasites;
- Parasite-host relationship;
- Influence of abiotic factors on parasite morphology and their occurrence in the host.
Contact information: muza.kirjusina[at]du.lv
G.Liberta Innovative Microscopy Center services:
- Field emission electron scanning microscope MAIA, TESCAN. Equipped with EDX / EBSD detectors INCA Synergy (Oxford Instruments)
- Electron scanning microscope VEGA II LMU, TESCAN. Equipped with nanolithography system ELPHI Plus (Raith)
- Confocal laser scanning microscope Leica TCSP-5. LSM includes 3 spectral confocal channels with simultaneous spectral analysis of fluorescence images, multiparametric excitation of fluorescence of objects with laser lines of different visible wavelengths
- High resolution X-ray diffractometer for thin and nanostructured film research SmartLab (Rigaku)
- Nanoparticle and coatings sputtering equipment
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