Our profile The Laboratory of Metabolomics was established in 2021 and its present research profile comprises: genetic, physiological and biochemical characterisation of toxic/invasive freshwater cyanobacteria; bioremediation of freshwaters from cyanotoxins; determination and characterisation of secondary metabolites of cyanobacteria and lichens; mechanisms of interactions of freshwater cyanophages with cyanobacteria; synthetic biology of cyanobacteria for the production of microcystinase. The most principal research techniques exploited in the Laboratory are: molecular tools for cloning and heterologous expression in bacteria and cyanobacteria, RT qPCR, photochemical measurements of PSI and PSII, HPLC and LC-MS. We have also a laboratory background for cyanobacteria culture and spectroscopic measurements (UV/VIS and fluorescence).