The biology area focuses on investigating cellular and molecular adaptations induced by physical exercise, chronic diseases—particularly cancer—and physical inactivity. It includes a biochemistry lab, a cell culture facility, and a rodent housing unit.
Main equipment
- Odyessey Infrared Imaging System – Western Blotting
- Synergey Microplate Reader (Bio-Tek) – Biochemestry analyses
- An X-band instrument EPR ECS 106 (Brucker) – ROS quantification and antioxidant capacities
- Microscope Axio Observer Z1 (Zeiss) – Cell culture imaging
- Experion Automated Electrophoresis System (Biorad )– RNA quality and quantification
- T100 Thermal Cycler (Biorad) – (PCR)
- CFX96 Touch Real-time PCR detection System (Biorad) – Q-PCR