Biological sciences

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The Mass Spectrometry Laboratory has been appointed at the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of UG-MUG within the framework of the Mobi4Health project (full title of the project: CENTER OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTHY LIFE: Biotech solutions bringing health to living organisms and environment supported by mass spec-focused research platform).

Neuroendocrine control of reproduction in fish.
Fish chronobiology.
Osmoregulation in fish: basic and applied aspects.
Functional neuroanatomy of fish.
Stress in fish species of interest in aquaculture: basic and applied aspects.
Fish nutrition.
Environmental physiology of fish.
Physiology of fish development.
Fish histopathology and ecotoxicology.

Our research lines focus on key aspects of the ecology, biogeography and biodiversity of plants in Mediterranean-type terrestrial ecosystems, including their relationships with disturbance factors (e.g. fire), and the interactions with other organisms (e.g. insects, vertebrates, soil microbiome). We pay special interest to functional ecological processes, such as regeneration after severe disturbance (e.g. fire, drought) and nutrient dynamics in the soil-water-air system.

Since the creation of the team in 1982 by the founders of the institute, its researchers have been interested not only in the practices of space transformation but also in the doctrines, paradigms, ideas and theories on which they are based. This orientation has led us to build tools for observation, analysis and evaluation, but also to examine theories, discourses and representations.

LEMAR is a strongly interdisciplinary laboratory that brings together ecologists, biologists, biogeochemists, chemists, physicists and marine environment lawyers. Its objectives are (1) to conduct research on topics of fundamental research or societal importance; (2) to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development objectives in both North and South countries; (3) to bring innovations in relation to the economic world and results that support public policies; (4) to engage in interdisciplinary training in the field of marine and coastal science.