EQUIPMENT
Research Platforms

Targeting the fundamental research of tea science and the major needs of the industry, the Laboratory has established research platforms covering omics analysis, quality control, cell and animal experiments, bioinformatics and other fields, providing comprehensive facility support for scientific research and talent cultivation.

Proteomics Platform 1/2
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Proteomics Platform

Platform Functions

Provides instruments, equipment and analytical methods for the systematic study of the quantitative changes of proteins in tea plants and in model cells or animals used to investigate the health benefits of tea, at temporal and spatial levels, as well as post-translational modifications and the dynamic changes of protein complexes.

Major Equipment
Protein Purification System Supercritical Fluid Extraction System
Cultivation Physiology and Breeding Platform 1/3
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Cultivation Physiology and Breeding Platform

Platform Functions

Provides key instruments, equipment and methods for research on tea plant stress physiology, growth and development, the discovery of key functional genes, and molecular breeding.

Major Equipment
Plant Photosynthesis System Chlorophyll Fluorometer Capillary Electrophoresis Biomacromolecule Analyzer Real-time Quantitative PCR
Quality Control Technology Platform 1/3
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Quality Control Technology Platform

Platform Functions

Provides testing equipment and analytical methods for the detection of the composition and content of pesticides in tea, the analysis of characteristic components, and the identification of flavor compounds.

Major Equipment
Electronic Tongue Electronic Nose Near-infrared Tea Quality Analyzer Automatic Nitrogen-flushed Tea Packaging Machine Tea Quality Analyzer Agilent Mass Spectrometry Detector
Plant Growth Platform 1/4
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Plant Growth Platform

Platform Functions

Provides various simulated environments for indoor research on the physiological and ecological functions of tea plants, the changing characteristics of secondary metabolites and the related regulatory mechanisms.

Major Equipment
Plant Growth Chamber Plant Root Ecological Monitoring System Photosynthesis System
Laboratory Animal Platform 1/4
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Laboratory Animal Platform

Platform Functions

Provides facilities for raising model animals and cells for research on the specific health benefits and mechanisms of tea, and on the in vivo absorption, distribution and metabolism of nutrients, together with related equipment for anatomy and the rapid detection of animal physiological mechanisms.

Major Equipment
Mouse Metabolic Monitoring System Small Animal Body Composition Analyzer Small Animal Automatic Biochemical Analyzer Small Animal Metabolism Monitoring System Animal Behavior Observation and Recording System Portable Color Doppler Ultrasound Diagnostic System for Animals Biological Rhythm Photometer Isolated Heart Perfusion System Insect Electroantennogram Measurement System Individually Ventilated Cage System Dynamic Micro-tension Controller Multi-channel Non-invasive Blood Pressure Monitor for Rats and Mice Ultrasonic Nucleic Acid Shearer
Cytology Analysis Platform 1/3
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Cytology Analysis Platform

Platform Functions

Provides instruments and equipment for the observation and imaging of the microstructure, characteristics and localization of tea plants, laboratory animals and cells.

Major Equipment
Laser Confocal Microscope Biomolecular Interaction Analysis System Flow Cytometer Automatic Sectioning System Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer Gel Documentation System Multifunctional Microplate Reader Fluorescence Microscope Standard Benchtop Bioreactor Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis System High-pressure Cell Disruptor Biomacromolecule Analyzer
Separation and Structural Identification Platform 1/4
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Separation and Structural Identification Platform

Platform Functions

Provides analytical and testing instruments and equipment for the separation, purification and identification of chemical substances unique to tea and for the determination of their chemical structures by spectroscopic techniques, as well as for the pretreatment and enrichment of tea-specific secondary metabolites and other quality control components.

Major Equipment
Preparative Liquid Chromatography Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatograph Liquid Chromatography–Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Refrigerated Centrifuge Freeze Dryer High-speed Refrigerated Centrifuge Gel Permeation Chromatography Cleanup and Concentration System Chromatography Equipment
Bioinformatics Analysis Platform 1/2
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Bioinformatics Analysis Platform

Platform Functions

Provides large-scale computer systems and methods for analyses such as tea plant transcriptomics, metabolomics, gene regulatory networks, structural comparison of key genes and evolution.

Major Equipment
Large-scale Servers and Storage
Molecular Biology Platform 1/2
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Molecular Biology Platform

Platform Functions

Provides instruments and equipment for the cloning and functional identification of key genes in tea plants, the development of molecular fingerprints and molecular-assisted breeding.

Major Equipment
Genetic Analysis System Real-time Quantitative PCR Instrument High-pressure Gene Gun Liquid Chromatography System Western Blot System
Metabolomics Platform 1/4
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Metabolomics Platform

Platform Functions

Provides instruments and methods for the high-throughput analysis and detection of volatile and non-volatile substances in tea, for the discovery and mining of flavor compounds specific to various teas, and for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of tea-specific secondary metabolites.

Major Equipment
Gas Chromatograph Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometer Liquid Chromatography–Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatograph
Tea Plant Biotechnology Laboratory
11

Tea Plant Biotechnology Laboratory

Laboratory View Tea Plant Biotechnology
Gas Chromatography Room
12

Gas Chromatography Room

Analysis Room View Gas Chromatography
Waters High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph
13

Waters High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph

Equipment View High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
Natural Product Pilot Laboratory
14

Natural Product Pilot Laboratory

Pilot Laboratory View Natural Product Separation
Institute of Chinese Tea Culture
15

Institute of Chinese Tea Culture

Institute View Tea Culture Exhibition
Tea Industry Building Panorama
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Tea Industry Building Panorama

Building Panorama Tea Industry Building