ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH LABORATORY 1. Head of Laboratory: Dr. Nguyen Van Quyen 2. Address: 306, A3, 136 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi Email: quyennv@hnue.edu.vn 3. Laboratory staffs PhD. Nguyen Van Quyen MSc. Nguyen Duc Hung

4. Functions and tasks

• Researching, Training (undergraduate students, graduate students, ...) in the fields of ecology and environment
• Main equipments of the laboratory: biological/microbial growth system, water environment parameter analysis system, spectrophotometer, ion chromatography system, dry oven, refrigerator, animal and plant tissue analysis, distillation machine, basic measuring devices (pH value, electronic balance...)

5. Research projects implemented at the laboratory

• Building capacity for sustainable interactions with marine ecosystems for the benefit of the health, well-being, food security and livelihoods of coastal communities in East and Southeast Asia [Chương trình UKRI/GCRF Blue Communities].
• Development of systems for cultivation, propagation and biomass and flavonoids production of medicinal Drynaria fern species [IFS fund].
• Transformation of ectoine biosynthesis genes into rice cells to improve salt tolerance, heat and cold tolerance [Ministry of Education and Training Project level].
• Research on inhibiting the growth of toxic algae that cause environmental pollution.

6. Typical results achieved by the laboratory: some published works

1. Hattam, Caroline, Stefanie Broszeit, Olivia Langmead, Radisti A. Praptiwi, Voon Ching Lim, Lota A. Creencia, Duc Hau Tran, Carya Maharja, Tatang Mitra Setia, Prawesti Wulandari, Jito Sugardjito, Jonson Javier, Edgar Jose, Lea Janine Gajardo, Amy Yee-Hui Then, Yang Amri Affendi, Sofia Johari, Eva Vivian Justine, Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein, Hong Ching Goh, Phuc Hung Nguyen, Van Quyen Nguyen, Ngoc Thao Le, Hoang Tri Nguyen, Andrew Edwards-Jones, Daniel Clewley, and Melanie Austen. 2021. ‘A Matrix Approach to Tropical Marine Ecosystem Service Assessments in South East Asia’. Ecosystem Services 51:101346. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101346.
2. Richter, Isabell, Arlene Avillanosa, Victoria Cheung, Hong Ching Goh, Sofia Johari, Susan Kay, Carya Maharja, Thu Hà Nguyễn, Sabine Pahl, Jito Sugardjito, Joel Sumeldan, Quyen van Nguyen, Hien Thuc Vu, Wan Nur Syazana Wan Mohamad Ariffin, and Melanie C. Austen. 2021. ‘Looking Through the COVID-19 Window of Opportunity: Future Scenarios Arising From the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Five Case Study Sites’. Frontiers in Psychology 12:2707. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635686.
3. Van Nguyen, Q., Khuat, H. T., Nguyen, Y.-N. T., Vu, D. T., Bui, T.-H., & Boo, K.-H. (2020). Drynaria bonii spore culture: optimization of culture conditions and analysis of gametophyte and sporophyte development. Plant Biotechnology Reports. doi: 10.1007/s11816-020-00632-7
4. Nguyen, Quyen Van, Thuong Hoai Tran, Thanh Nga Pham, Doan Van Thuoc, Viet Dang Cao, and Kyung-Hwan Boo. "Inhibitory Effects of Bidens Pilosa Plant Extracts on the Growth of the Bloom-Forming Alga Microcystis Aeruginosa." Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 230, no. 1 (2019): 24.

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Laboratory's equitments