Advice and trainning

Technical advice for sample preparation, as well as in the subsequent analysis.

This service provides scientific advice on the management of agricultural resources, including different aspects related to agricultural sciences. It offers both scientific and technical assistance through specialized R&D agents to different public agencies, as well as to other professionals and companies in the sector.
The service offers advice and assistance in aspects related to the production of agricultural products.
This service is directed to any type of organization, public or private institutions that may need counseling in the field of agricultural sciences.
The service includes data analysis, diagnosis, conclusions and recommendations. It can also include the presentation of results to other sectors involved.

Technical advice and training in processing of oceanographic data acquired with underwater acoustics using specialized software available in the UTM
If you want to obtain additional information on existing facilities and on how to carry out training or processing stays, please visit: http://www.utm.csic.es/lab/

Technical support on concrete technology

Most of the service members are staff scientists, specialized in different fields of Molecular Physics, Molecular Spectroscopy and related experimental techniques and theoretical methods. We can provide scientific and/or technical consulting and advising in many fileds:
- Infrared spectroscopy: FTIR and laser based. Gas and solid phase.
- Raman spectroscopy: dispersive and coherent techniques.
- Visible-UV emission spectroscopy
- Mass spectrometry.
- Cryogenics.
- High and Ultra-high vacuum (production, measurement and control)
- Cold plasmas
- Ab-initio calculations
- Computational mineralogy
The service members can also provide training in short courses or specialized talks.

Consulting and training regarding all the technologies supported by the facility including training to use the equipment as well as assistance in grant writing involving these technologies.

The service has its own Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation (CEEA-ICM-CSIC) responsible for the animal welfare. The committee ensures that the protocol of the 3 Rs is met. In addition, it is responsible for issuing the necessary reports to the competent body to determine the suitability of experimentation when working with vertebrates and / or cephalopods (work under animal act).

Advising for research projects. Training activities for young researchers and students.

The facility offers support in the equipment use:
- basic training for novice user
- Sample or equipment Troubleshooting
- Protocols design and applications
- User manuals, rapid guides and the guidelines for each equipment.
The use of this equipments have a price for hour described below.
For futher information, please contact with the facility, (see Contacto in the mean menu)

Advice on issues of Quality Centres and Laboratories and Equipments Calibrations and Verifications. The price depends on the number of hours that consists the advice and is calculated based on an example for the establishment of costings based on 4-hour technical advice.

The Service offers personalized support in the experimental design of both in vitro and in vivo experiments, for both internal and external users. Support is also provided for advanced imaging experiments such as calcium imaging, FRAP, FLIP, FRET, FLIM,
In addition, the Service implements training in the form of workshops tailored towards understanding basic optical adjustments and for the use of software for acquisition available in workstations.

Training