The CBB, made up of four units, and the Genomics Platform meet its scientific, training and technical support objectives for the scientific community interested in the biodiversity of the Balearic Islands.
Genetics Unit
The Genomics Unit is responsible for the processing of biological samples and their subsequent bioinformatics analysis.
It includes:
(i) A wet laboratory for sample processing with state-of-the-art equipment (link to equipment).
ii) Bioinformatics staff for gene expression analysis, environmental DNA/RNA, transcriptomics and metabarcoding, among others.
We offer our expertise to help select the right technology for projects and optimise their experimental design. The Unit is open to collaborate with genetics projects, either as a scientific counterpart, as an external service, or through specific technical consultancy (Services). Contact us!
To find out more about the techniques, applications, and equipment of the Genetics Unit follow this link.
Genomics Platform
The Genomics Platform is responsible for sample processing and bioinformatics analysis related to genomes.
It includes:
(i) State-of-the-art equipment (link to equipment).
ii) IT staff for preliminary sequencing analyses and the assembly of de-novo or reference genomes, metagenomics and RADseq, among others.
We offer our expertise to help select the right technology for projects and optimise their experimental design. The Platform is open to collaborate with genomics projects, either as a scientific counterpart, as an external service, or through specific technical consultancy (Services). Contact us!
To find out more about the techniques, applications, and equipment of the Genomics Platform follow this link.
Natural History Collections Unit
The Natural History Collections Unit is responsible for the generation, management and maintenance of biological collections representative of the fauna and flora of the Balearic Islands. The collections include dry and wet samples and a biobank with samples of tissues and nucleic acids. The Unit includes:
(i) the Morphology Laboratory for the management of the collections, from their preparation to their conservation and cataloguing.
ii) the Microscopy and Digital Imaging Laboratory for analyses based mainly on optical microscopy and digitisation of samples.
The Unit manages (external) loans and (internal) scientific or cultural consultations of the specimens housed in the natural history collections, as well as access and technical training in the morphology and microscopy laboratories (Services). Contact us!
Equipment (non-exhaustive list)
- Light microscope with digital camera
- Stereomicroscope with digital camera
- Stereomicroscopes for work in the Morphology Laboratory
Data Management Unit
The Data Management Unit is responsible for the systematic collection, management, storage, analysis, and dissemination of biodiversity data and its correlation with geophysical, environmental, genetic and genomic data.
The unit is able to provide IT infrastructure (storage and/or computational resources) and technical support for data management and analysis to projects with related interests to the Centre. Contact us to discuss potential consultancies and collaborations
At this link, you will find a list of resources from the field of biology distributed across four categories: 1) Biodiversity; 2) Genetics; 3) R Package; 4) Spatial Layers.
Equipment (non-exhaustive list)
The Data Management Unit is equipped with two high performance supercomputers:
– SIE LADON computing server that includes: 2 AMD 7763 processors of 2.45 GHz, 128 Cores, 120 TB of storage, and 1024 Gb of RAM memory.
– Workstation composed of GPU NVIDIA A6000 of 48GB VRAM, 128GB of RAM memory and a AMD Ryzen processor of 4.5GHz and 32 Cores.
Training and Scientific Dissemination Unit
The Training and Scientific Dissemination Unit has the mission to strengthen competences in Biosystematics. Our aim is to create a space for knowledge exchange through a wide variety of courses in collaboration with qualified experts.
We offer courses, workshops, and seminars with different levels of complexity and depth. We aim to train young researchers and facilitate discussion and learning spaces for more experienced scientists.