ITM-MD

Unidad de Defensa Biológica

The Biological Defence Unit of the Technological Institute "The Marañosa" depends on the Defense Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Area (NBC).

Capabilities

• Permanent testing laboratory identification of biological warfare agents.
• Technical advice on biological protection
• Testing and preparation of studies in the field of defense against threats from biological, that improve detection techniques and optimize diagnostic procedures, decontamination and NBC protection.
• Assessment of the capacity of detection, identification, analysis, control and protection of different materials and equipment against biological agents.
• Advice and evaluation of R & D, national and international
• R & D test procedures for defense, surveillance and protection agents "high risk".
• Detection and identification of biological agents, as well as creating and maintaining databases.
• Trainability and training biodefense.
• Support for international organizations in the control of biological weapons, such as laboratory designated by the OPCW.
• Technical training and training of specialist staff in analytical methodology for the identification of biological weapons within the framework established by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Resources

• Level II biological laboratory.
• Laboratory biological and environmental technology.
• Laboratories immunology, microbiology, molecular biology and instrumental techniques.
• Laboratory chromatography.
• Laboratory atomic spectrophotometry.
• Laboratory molecular spectrophotometry.
• Laboratory of microscopy and microanalysis.
• Laboratory sample preparation.
• Teaching classrooms with capacity for 30 people.
• Equipment: biological safety cabinets, microscopes, biological simulants, chambers of microbial count, radioactive sources and reference standards, irradiator with high activity sources, spectrometers, genetic analyzer, thermal cyclers, semi-automatic identification of microorganisms.

Services

• Collaboration with universities and other R & D as Promoter-Observer in its R + D + i
• Collaboration with domestic industry, as an advisory body and / or evaluation in R + D, national and international, in the areas of interest in NBC Area
• Teaching and training staff of the Armed Forces, the Security Forces of the State and other public bodies (universities, R & D, etc.) on NBC Defence.
• Testing and evaluation of equipment and protective equipment against biological aggressive
• Creating and maintaining databases of biological agents
• Technical advice on biological protection
• Research and development in equipment used for the detection, identification and monitoring, decontamination and protection (individual and collective) biological
• Detection and identification of biological agents