Host organization
Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
About the Shared Research Facility (SRF)
The Shared Research Facility "Instrumental Methods in Ecology" was established in accordance with Order No. 07-K/r of the Director of IEE RAS dated March 2, 2017, on the basis of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The main tasks of the Shared Research Facility "Instrumental Methods in Ecology" are to conduct comprehensive scientific ecological research within priority areas of the Russian Federation and to provide services to third-party organizations at a high professional level.
Research areas conducted at the SRF
- Development and advancement of molecular-genetic analysis methods for a wide range of tasks (including in the field of population ecology of plants and animals, and genetic diversity of rare and resource species of animals and plants);
- Use of state-of-the-art chromatography-mass spectrometry methods to study chemical pollution of the environment, including dioxin contamination;
- Use of isotope analysis methods in general and applied ecology, soil science, and human and animal physiology;
- Support for taxonomic and morpho-functional research;
- Study of energy and mass exchange processes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at regional and local scales;
- Training of graduate students and researchers in the use of modern instrumental methods of ecological research, and improvement of existing methods and development of new ones.