MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH
CENTER

Polytechnic Institute
of Bragança

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CIMO

CIMO - Mountain Research Center. See video HERE

FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

Facilities

Laboratories

  • Agriculture Support Laboratories
  • Atomic Absorption Room
  • Bacteriology Laboratory
  • Bromatology Laboratory
  • Cell Culture Laboratory
  • Chemistry Laboratory
  • Chromotagraphy and Mass Spectrometry Room
  • Digestion Room
  • Flow cytrometry Room
  • Laboratories at the School of Agriculture
  • Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • Mycology Laboratory
  • Laboratory of Physical Analyses
  • Laboratory of Chemical Analyses
  • Samples Preparation Room

Equipments

Equipments list

Libraries

IPB libraries

Experimental Farms

Pinheiro Manso Farm

Pinheiro Manso farm with 17.3 ha, where typical Mediterranean production activities predominate.

Address:
Quinta do Pinheiro Manso
Rua do Alcaide
5300-012 Bragança



Poulão Farm

Poulão farm with 13.4 ha, located at the foothills of Serra da Nogueira, has ecological conditions appropriate for the production activities typical of mountain areas with Atlantic influence, such as livestock production.

Address:
Quinta do Poulão
Nogueira
5300-701 Bragança

Greenhouses and Arboretum

The Greenhouses and Arboretum with 6.5 ha are occupied with clones of chestnut and other forest species. In this unit there are greenhouses for plant production, all of them air-conditioned, with drip irrigation and thermal screen, occupying a total area of ​​0.43 ha. They include two production greenhouses, two rooting/germination greenhouses, one production/acclimatization and one shade house, occupying a total covered area of ​​1275 m2.