Short description of the activities and area of expertise of the research unit ELI (Earth Life Institute):
 The MOCA platform offers a wide range of physico-chemical analyses of complex mineral and organic matrices , (water, soil and sediments, waste, biomass, food, living organisms, samples from biotechnological and chemical processes, etc.).
The expertise of the team is dedicated to:
• Operating and maintaining specialized analytical instruments that are made available to the scientific community, for high quality and validated results.
• Performing physico-chemical analyses;the platform performs a series of routine analyses ; the platform can develop customized analytical solutions or assist applicants in the development of new analytical protocols, from experimental design to scientific interpretation.
• Training users to the appropriate use of specific equipment and critical assessment of the analytical results.