- Earth Observation System-Laboratory building-

Photo credit: Eve Bigras

This new building opened in 2022 and is dedicated to Biology and meteorological research as well as environmental isotopic measurements.

Available inside are a wet laboratory for biology and isotopic measurements and an office base for meteorological field deployment.

The biology laboratory is equipped with:

• A FX9 Biochamber
• Orbital shaker Eppendorf 2050
• Shaker Oven Eppendorf 40R
• Agilent Bioanalyzer
• Tecan plate reader with monochromator
• Undercounter Fridge Panasonic TSU4RWN6
• Fridge Panasonic MPR722PA
• Freezer Panasonic MDFMU539HLPA
• Spectrophotometer Agilent Cary 60 with 18 cells holder and 100mm path cells
• 3 thermocyclers Biorad T100
• Vortex mixers
• Mini Corning centrifuges
• Water purification system Smart2pure6
• Autoclave Tuttnauer 3870ELP
• Sartorius Tacta Pipettes
• Biological Safety Cabinet Baker Sterilguard III SG304
• Chemical hood
• DNA extraction system Autogen Quickgene 810
• Short gene sequencer (to come)
• Drying oven Binder ED115 UL
• pH meter Mettler Toledo FiveEasy Plus FP20
• 1 Axiovert microscopes
• 2D imaging system (to come)

Photo credit: Eve Bigras

The meteorological laboratory is equipped with:

• Upper Air Sounding system Intermet 3050
• AERI
• Meteo surveying drone (to come)

Photo credit: Eve Bigras

Photo credit: Réjean Savoie, RSArchitecture

The EOS building is also designed to be a main operation base for our mobile laboratories. In the basement, we can find a storage space for mobile instruments, a calibration bench for meteorological instruments and a future meeting room.

Storage and calibration space

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Future meeting space

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