Researchers at UPSC have access to UPSC’s own growth facility but also to the growth facility that belongs to SLU in Umeå. UPSC’s Growth Facility UPSC has a number of different growth rooms, cabinets and climate chambers that allow plant…

The UPSC Tree Phenotyping Platform is a unique facility to automatically monitor and record growth parameters of trees. The trees are moved around on a conveyor belt and are automatically photographed, watered and fertilized once a day.

The UPSC Bioinformatics Facility centralises bioinformatics competences, offering a range of bioinformatics services as well as conducting its own bioinformatics related research and participating in wider collaborative projects. The facility also delivers local bioinformatics training and contributes to international workshops…

Swedish Metabolomics Centre (SMC) is a collaboration between three Swedish universities and is a part of SciLifeLab. We are specialized in analyzing metabolites and lipids with mass spectrometry based methods.

Reverse genetic approaches are the only realistic alternative for the analysis of gene functions in trees because of their long generation time and obligatory out-crossing of most trees. UPSC scientists were among the first in the world to be able…

The primary function of the facility is to test candidate genes in the conifer model species Norway spruce. The facility offers services for all groups at UPSC that wish to test their research findings in conifers.

The microscopy facilities at UPSC include a broad range of equipment for sample preparation, subsequent analysis and image acquisition.Available equipment:1. Microscopes Three Zeiss Axioplan (fluorescence) microscopes with digital camera systems Stereomicroscopes Epifluorescence microscope Leica DMi8 fully motorized with two digital…

The Biopolymer Analytical Platform (former UPSC Plant Cell Wall and Carbohydrate Analytical Facility) has been an official KBC facility since 2018 and is dedicated to research on cell walls of terrestrial and aquatic plants, and biopolymer materials among KBC groups.…

The photosynthesis and respiration facility at UPSC provides a comprehensive range of instruments to assay photosynthetic and respiratory activities for a broad spectrum of samples, from isolated complexes to organs such as intact leaves or needles, from cyanobacteria and algae…