Animal Facility
The Animal Facility is affiliated with the Institute of Health Sciences (ICS) and supports undergraduate and graduate teaching and scientific research. Its infrastructure includes conventional facilities, such as breeding, maintenance and isolation rooms, as well as rooms for experimental procedures. The Animal Facility breeds and maintains animals for teaching, research and innovation. It houses genetically certified, controlled, environmentally enriched inbred BALB/c mice and outbred Wistar rats. All procedures carried out at the facility comply with applicable legislation and require approval from the Animal Use Ethics Committee (CEUA).
Location: Campus II, White Building, Basement Level 3
Cytotoxicity Laboratory
This laboratory stores and maintains commercial mammalian cell lines and prepares and sterilizes materials for that purpose. Cultured cells are used to assess, in vitro, the toxicity of isolated chemicals, plant extracts, nanocompounds and biomaterials through methods that measure cell viability after exposure to the samples under study. The laboratory has the equipment needed for wet and dry sterilization, cell culture (vertical laminar flow cabinets, inverted optical microscope, CO2 incubators and centrifuge), and cytotoxicity assays based on microscopy, colorimetry, fluorimetry or luminescence.
Location: Campus II, Red Building, Room 104
Distance Education Department
The Distance Education Department has a team that provides educational, technological and instructional-material development support to faculty, tutors and students, both online and in person. Feevale University makes the Blackboard Learn e-learning platform available to undergraduate and graduate programs.
Location: Campus II, Pink Building, Room 215
Analytical Center
The center provides services to meet the needs of individuals, businesses and public institutions. Serving industry and the community, the Analytical Center tests drinking water, surface water, groundwater and wastewater samples. It comprises the Environmental Analysis, Atomic Absorption, Ion Chromatography and Microbiology laboratories.
Location: Campus II, Green Building, Room 100
Environmental Analysis Laboratory
The facility has equipment for measuring pH, conductivity, color, turbidity, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen and ammoniacal nitrogen. It also has a UV–Vis spectrophotometer for measuring various parameters, including phosphorus and nitrate.
Location: Campus II, Green Building, Room 100F
Atomic Absorption Laboratory
This laboratory analyzes metals in water and wastewater. It is equipped with an atomic absorption instrument, a graphite furnace and a mercury analyzer.
Location: Campus II, Green Building, Room 100 IB
Molecular Microbiology Laboratory
The Molecular Microbiology Laboratory has the infrastructure required to detect viral agents as markers of water quality and carry out other planned activities. Equipment includes a conventional gradient thermocycler, one GeneAtlas microarray analyzer, one Illumina MiSeq next-generation nucleic acid sequencer, four real-time PCR thermocyclers, two vertical laminar flow cabinets, three cabinets for nucleic acid extraction and handling, seven refrigerator-freezers, one -80°C freezer, a digital gel documentation system, transilluminator, horizontal and vertical electrophoresis tanks, micropipettes, power supplies, uninterruptible power supplies, seven computers, three conventional centrifuges, two bacteriological incubators, one CO2 incubator and other equipment.
Location: Campus II, Red Building, Room 103
Gas Chromatography Laboratory
This laboratory has a gas chromatograph equipped with FID and MS detectors, enabling qualitative and quantitative analyses.
Location: Campus II, Green Building, Room 100IA
Clean Technologies Research and Development Center
The Clean Technologies Research and Development Center comprises nine high-technology laboratories dedicated to research and development of materials and processes with environmental applications. All laboratories are affiliated with the Institute of Creative and Technological Sciences and the Graduate Program in Materials Technology and Industrial Processes. The center also has a faculty room, an administrative office and a study room for undergraduate research fellows, master’s students and doctoral students.
Location: Campus II, CTL Building
Plant Biotechnology Laboratory
The Plant Biotechnology Laboratory conducts research on environmental quality biomonitoring and on the effects of environmental factors on plant physiology and genetics. It also propagates plants using biotechnological tools to help conserve threatened native species. Expanded in 2016, the laboratory now comprises five separate areas: (1) plant cultivation room; (2) media preparation room; (3) microscopy and incubator room; (4) handling room; and (5) general procedures and study room.
Location: Campus II, Basement Level 2 of the White Building
Computer Laboratory
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Toxicological Analysis Laboratory
The Toxicological Analysis Laboratory has the facilities required to detect and quantify organic and inorganic compounds in biological matrices. Its analytical equipment includes five high-performance liquid chromatography systems with diode-array, fluorescence and mass-selective detectors; two gas chromatography systems with flame-ionization, nitrogen-phosphorus and mass detectors; and an atomic absorption spectrophotometry system for inorganic analysis. Teaching, research and service activities take place in this facility.
Location: Campus II, CIES Building, S100
Comparative Histology Laboratory
The Comparative Histology Laboratory is used to collect and prepare biological samples for histological analysis. It supports microscopy laboratories by preparing permanent slides of different tissues using various staining techniques. It hosts research projects associated with the Graduate Program in Environmental Quality and biomechanical tests involving rodents.
Location: Campus II, Red Building, Room 108
Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory
The Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory provides facilities for practical undergraduate and graduate classes and for scientific research in genetics and molecular biology, with PCR as a core technique. Current human genetics projects focus on HIV-positive patients in the fields of immunogenetics and pharmacogenetics. Environmental research on soil microbial diversity is also conducted here.
Location: Campus II, Basement Level 2 of the White Building
Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory
The Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory uses cytogenetic techniques as tools for assessing environmental quality. The facility hosts course-related practical activities and research projects associated with the Graduate Program in Environmental Quality.
Location: Campus II, White Building, Basement Level 2, 004C
Ecotoxicology Laboratory
The laboratory has comprehensive infrastructure and a highly qualified team that undergoes continuous training to deliver high-quality analyses. It is accredited by FEPAM to conduct ecotoxicological tests with aquatic organisms, as provided for in Brazilian legislation (acute and chronic tests), to assess the toxic effects of industrial wastewater, natural waters and chemical substances.
Location: Campus II, Red Building, Room 106
Botany Laboratory
The laboratory carries out research in floristics, taxonomy, population ecology and plant community ecology, aiming to conserve species and assess the environmental quality of plant ecosystems. It is divided into three rooms: (1) preparation and herbarium processing of botanical material (47.5 m²); (2) a computer room for compiling and analyzing botanical data (17.8 m²); and (3) a botanical collection room (12 m²).
Location: Campus II, Basement Level 1 of the White Building
Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory
The laboratory hosts chemistry and biochemistry classes for various programs within the Institute of Health Sciences. It has a spacious, climate-controlled environment, modern equipment and materials used to develop practical skills in general chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry and food chemistry.
Location: Campus II, Red Building, Basement Room S105
