Marie-Victorin Herbarium

Contact person: Carole Sinou
carole.sinou@umontreal.ca

• identification of herbarium specimens base price
  $15/specimen (for beautiful specimens given to the herbarium: 0 to $5/specimen)
• identification of photographs
  $10/cash
• rapid integration and registration of herbarium specimens
  $5/specimen

Biodiversity Centre

Contact person: Martin Lefrançois
martin.lefrancois@umontreal.ca

• rental of workspaces
  in the laboratory for molecular biology experiments
  in microbiology under level P1 and P2 biological chambers.
• genomics services
  preparation of genomic DNA from plants, soils, insects, etc.
  PCR amplification for barcoding and metabarcoding of plants, insects, fungi and bacteria
  library preparation by RadSeq for plants.
• use of specialized devices
  temperate growth incubators
  freeze dryer
  biofermenter
  analyzer for carbon and nitrogen content of solid samples
  acid digester

Statistical consultation

Contact person: Stéphane Daigle
stephane.daigle@umontreal.ca

• planning of experiments
• experimental logistics
• sampling planning
• data analysis
• use of statistical software
• interpretation and illustration of the results
• help with writing the thesis, dissertation or article

Canadensys

Contact person: Carole Sinou
carole.sinou@umontreal.ca

• cleaning and standardization of biodiversity data (offered to Canadian collections and institutions only)
• advice on publishing biodiversity data to Canadensys and GBIF
• advice on managing natural history data

All these services are free.