Laboratory Title: Pharmacology and Ecotoxicology

Faculty: Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences

School: Agricultural Development

Email: esinapid@agro.duth.gr

Telephone: 2552041180

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The Laboratory of Pharmacology and Ecotoxicology serves research and teaching purposes. To this end, research activities are conducted on the premises, as well as student training. The Laboratory is active in the following areas: Ecology, Agricultural Pharmacology and Ecotoxicology, Agriculture and the Environment, Plant Protection Biotechnology, Integrated Plant Protection Programs—Evaluation of Plant Protection Products. The laboratory’s educational activities include teaching (theory and labs) the following courses from the current undergraduate curriculum: General Ecology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Introduction to Agricultural Pharmacology, Weed Science, Molecular Interactions Between Plants and Microorganisms, Ecotoxicology, Molecular Plant Breeding, Agriculture and the Environment, Agricultural Pharmacology

Agricultural pharmacology, Ecotoxicological behavior of pollutants, Investigation of methods for the remediation of contaminated water and soil (such as in natural systems), Analysis of agricultural pesticide residues, Molecular interactions between plants and microorganisms for the purpose of studying genes related to resistance to biotic stresses, and/or improving plant physiology, while also including techniques aimed at improving plant tolerance to biotic and abiotic stressors through the application of modern molecular biology techniques, with or without the use of genetic modification methods.