Equipment

The equipment in our laboratory includes instrumentation for production of enzyme in batch culture, for biopolymer purification and fractionation, for running synthetic reactions and biotransformations, for quantitative and structural analyses of biomolecules as well as for the assessment of some technofunctional properties and bioactivities. These facilities are used to develop, assess and optimize processes, and to determine the chemical profiles of biomasses and food ingredients.

Our facilities include:

· Q-TOF LC/Mass spectrometry with Ion mobility mode that further separates molecule ions based on their shape, maximizes the separation capacity, boosts the sensitivity and provides structure information (collision cross section (CCS)) of molecules.

· High performance liquid chromatography equipped with a UV diode-array detector and ELSD detector.

· High pressure anionic exchange chromatography equipped with a pulsed amperometric detector

· High performance liquid chromatography equipped with a refractive index detector

· Fluorescence spectrophotometry

· Automatic environmental speed vacuum

· UV/Vis spectrophotometry

· Nano particle size analyzer and dynamic light scattering

· biomolecules purifier system

· High Pressure Homogenizer

· Fermentor/Sonicator/Centrifuge

· Cell culture and maintenance

· Electrophoretic system

Enzymatic Reactors

Funding

We are thankful to the following funding agencies and partners for their financial supports:

· Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC): Discovery, CRD, engage

· Le fonds Québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies (FQRNT)

· Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

· Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ)

· Programme de Soutien à L’innovation en Agro-Alimentaire, RITA

· Ministry of Economy and Innovation (MEI, TransformAction)

· Quebec food industries through the Quebec Food Processing Council (CTAQ)

· Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Agriscience)

· MITACs