The Aquatic Bio-optics and Biogeochemistry Laboratory enables researchers to study the effects of climate change and permafrost thawing on lake water transparency and mixing dynamics and their multiple impacts on the microbial food chain, greenhouse gas emissions, and oxythermal habitat. Research at the Aquatic Bio-Optics and Biogeochemistry Laboratory also focuses on developing optical equipment for early detection of algal and cyanobacterial blooms and other problems related to water browning.
Confocal microscopy and flow cytometry laboratoryThe laboratory is equipped with a four-laser LSRFortessa cytometer that allows high-level multiparametric analyzes to characterize cell populations. A BD FACS Calibur two-laser cytometer is used to perform routine analyzes such as the expression of surface markers. The Zeiss LSM780 confocal microscopy system is a state-of-the-art instrument for the study of various cellular and subcellular biological processes such as intracellular trafficking and localization of pathogen molecules.
This station is a common research area for all ÉTS professors and their public or private partners with a total surface area of approximately 703 m2. STEPPE-ÉTS is dedicated to the development and pilot-scale validation of technologies (knowledge and practices) to protect the environment at the preventive, remedial and curative level in a systemic perspective and responsible evolution of human activities. To develop technologies, knowledge and acquire information to protect the environment, the STEPPE-ÉTS infrastructure includes a pilot hall for large-scale studies, two metrological laboratories, a biological laboratory, a computer lab and two rooms with controlled environment.
In addition to these spaces, STEPPE-ÉTS's functionalities make it possible to access a fleet of analytical equipment and pilot treatment or remediation processes (water, atmospheric emissions, soils, residual materials). If a partner so desires, STEPPE-ÉTS can also put him in touch with other services or appropriate human resources to improve his project.
At Polytechnique Montréal, the FCI-MELS grant has enabled the construction of analysis spaces, test wells, a Level 2 room for work on pathogenic organisms, fixed pilot installations, cold rooms and temperature controlled rooms, analytical chemistry, microbiology and environmental engineering rooms, and test halls, for an area of 800 m2 approximately. These spaces are dedicated to drinking water and wastewater treatment projects and complement existing facilities. Two laboratories for treating pulp and paper sludge by bio-drying are also used by CREDEAU researchers. The facilities available at the École de Technologie Supérieure, for a total area of approximately 800 m2, include a pilot hall for large-scale studies, an instrumentation laboratory and a wet laboratory for analysis, a microbiology laboratory, physics and weighing, a controlled environmental chamber to simulate seasonal conditions and a clean room for research in biotechnology and nanotechnology. A product and process design laboratory was built at the Université de Montréal at the André-Aisenstadt Pavilion in 2014. The computerized laboratory is equipped with the BALAS process simulation software to obtain off-site real time. A phytotechnology research infrastructure was also installed at the Montréal Botanical Garden in 2016. It will be used for phytotechnology work carried out by the Université de Montréal research team to develop water treatment processes. waste and sludge with plants.
This laboratory consists of a physical model of a municipal drinking water distribution network aimed at better management of these networks. The infrastructure replicates a typical sector of a municipal drinking water system. The pipes are about 2/3 of the actual diameter and pressure of a real network. The network is equipped with numerous sensors (flow, pressure, conductivity), pressure regulators, isolation valves and faucets (to simulate water usage or leaks) that are all connected to a central computer system . The assembly is designed to be more versatile.
The BioEngine laboratory in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Université Laval includes high-end equipment and pilots for resource recovery from waste materials and polluted water. It includes methanogenic potential reactors (BMP), semi-continuous biomethanization reactors in 1, 2 or 3 phases, composting and controlled aerobic conditioning reactors, a fluidized bed granulator, a pilot for phosphorus recovery by adsorption, a nitrogen recovery set-up by stripping and absorption, a membrane bioreactor, a measurement station for real-time monitoring of physicochemical and biological parameters, as well as equipment for characterizing water and residual organic matter.
Unique in Canada, the Landscape Innovation Laboratory contains three major components: a field data capture and processing unit; a multifunctional ACE unit (analysis, design, evaluation); and a data management unit to provide interfaces, archiving, cataloging of data and design projects, and dissemination of generated information. It brings together the functions essential to the acquisition of varied data on the ground useful for landscape and territorial reading. It also allows the linking of this information in the framework of research relating, for example, to the evaluation of visual impacts, the assessment of prospective scenarios of landscape evolution or the post-conception evaluation of development visions. all territorial scales with high-level technological equipment.
The MiCEL laboratory specializes in the molecular and metagenomic analysis of microbial communities present in water management infrastructure.
The laboratory is capable of performing various analyses using DNA and RNA present in environmental samples including: PCR (polymerase chain reaction) analysis and quantification, in situ fluorescence microscopy Hybridization of 16S RNA (FISH), high throughput amplicon sequencing to analyze phylogenetic and functional diversity of communities, and metagenomic sequencing (shotgun sequencing).
L’équipe bénéficie d’un laboratoire d’analyse comprenant les appareils suivants : Absorption atomique, Analyseur de carbone, Analyseurs de chlore en continu, Analyseurs de UV en continu, Analyseurs d’azote ammoniacal en continu, Analyseurs de turbidité en continu, Analyseur de particules, Chromatographe ionique, Chromatographes gazeux à détection à capture d’électron (GC-ECD), Chromatographe en phase gazeuse avec spectromètre de masse (GC-MS), Chromatographe en phase gazeuse avec spectromètre de masse en tandem (GC-MS-MS), Chromatographe en phase liquide ultraperformance (UPLC), Équipements pour la microbiologie moléculaire, Spectrophotomètre UV, Titrateur automatique, Identificateur de colonies, Cycleurs thermiques, Robot pour la préparation d’échantillons d’eau. L’équipe opère également divers montages expérimentaux et possède différents logiciels de simulation.
The team benefits from an analytical laboratory with the following equipment: Atomic absorption, Carbon analyzer, Continuous chlorine analyzers, Continuous UV analyzers, Continuous ammonia nitrogen analyzers, Continuous turbidity analyzers, Particle analyzer, Ion chromatograph, Electron capture gas chromatographs (GC-ECD), Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometer (GC-MS), Gas chromatograph with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS-MS), Ultra performance liquid chromatograph (UPLC), Molecular microbiology equipment, UV spectrophotometer, Automatic titrator, Colony identifier, Thermal cyclers, Water sample preparation robot. The team also operates various experimental setups and has different simulation software.
