The Laboratory of Cyanobacteria and Phycotoxins (LCF), formerly the Cyanobacterial Research Unit (UPC), was created in 1986 and since then has interacted with the community through training, teaching, research, and extension. It is active in different lines of research such as biochemistry, ecotoxicology, physiology and ecology of cyanobacteria, as well as laboratory experiments and studies on phycotoxins (phytoplankton and cyanobacteria), animal and environmental health, interaction of environmental factors with the formation of harmful blooms and climate change and its effects on phytoplankton and cyanobacteria. Work is being done on nitrogen (N2) fixation by cyanobacteria; there is a cyanobacterial culture bank, including N2-fixing strains isolated from rice fields, swamps, marshes, estuaries, and coastal zones. We have also invested in marine strains of cyanobacteria and diatoms, especially those producing phycotoxins. We are active in the Graduate Programs (Masters and PhD level) in Biological Oceanography and Oceanology (formerly Physical, Chemical and Geological Oceanography).
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