The multiuser laboratories or complexes are sets of highly specialized modern equipment and installations that can conduct tests and analyses of high scientific complexity, involving multidisciplinary technical teams. In order to fulfill Embrapa's mission and Innovation Policy, this kind of infrastructure is shared with external partners.

The Corporation keeps eight multiuser labs distributed throughout seven research units in three Brazilian regions. Six of them are in full operation while the remaining two are in the final stages of implementation:

1- Multiuser Bioinformatics Laboratory (LMB)

This is a modern computational park aimed at supporting and performing research, development and innovation projects. This is a strategy that has been followed worldwide, since sharing high-cost equipment optimizes financial and human resources. With LMB, Embrapa and the national scientific community started to have greater computational power, incorporating capabilities in the area of high-performance computing. The laboratory is located in Campinas, in the countryside of São Paulo state, at Embrapa Agricultural Informatics.

2- Multiuser Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Products (LMQPN)

Located at Embrapa Tropical Agroindustry, in Fortaleza, CE, LMQPN aims at potencializing the use of Brazilian natural resources. Through a last-generation equipment structure and highly specialized human resources, the laboratory can extract active principles through several methods, perform complex analyses, develop products and contribute to the training of specialized staff. One of its differentials is the management to meet multiuser needs, which allows the democratization of resources with partners from all the other regions of the country.

3- National Laboratory of Nanotechnology for Agribusiness (LNNA)

The only one of its kind, the LNNA is a reference center that has been designed to develop research projects on various applications of nanotechnology, such as the development of nanostructured sensors for water and food quality assessment (Electronic Tongue); biosensors for the diagnosis of animal disease; nanomaterials for fertilizer applications; animal drugs, pesticides, and chemicals with controlled and local release; nanocomposites from renewable sources; nanofiber-reinforced biodegradable plastics; edible films for fruit coating, among other research in agribusiness. It is set up in São Carlos, SP, at Embrapa Instrumentation.

4- National Reference Laboratory of Precision Agriculture (Lanapre)

Lanapre is a space for research to develop equipment, sensors, mechanical components and on-board electronics. The facilities include a geo-informatics computational system to treat the massive amount of data generated in the field and produce information for management in Agriculture of Precision. Assessments of compatibility between machines and implements by different manufacturers with the ISOBUS international standard are also due to take place on site. The laboratory is set up at Embrapa Instrumentation,  in São Carlos, in the countryside of São Paulo state.

5. Multiuser Complex of Livestock Biofficiency and Sustainability  (CMB)

The facilities have the capacity to shelter about 400 animals, from small ones to large ruminants. There is modern infrastructure to support research activities, which allow the implementation of multidisciplinary projects, aiming at establishing strategies to improve the efficiency of animal production systems in sustainable terms.

The structure is set up at Embrapa Dairy Cattle's José Enrique Bruschi Experimental Field, in Coronel Pacheco, MG.

Four groups of laboratories compose the CMB:

a) Animal Metabolism and Environmental Impact Assessment Laboratory

It conducts research that target increases in the bioeconomic efficiency of production systems. The study areas include nutritional requirements, ruminant food efficiency, manure treatment, greenhouse gases in cattle farming, and the assessment of the nutricional value of feed and forage.

b) Laboratory of Biotechnology and Ambiance

It hosts experiments related to reproduction, endocrinology, ambiance and animal behavior biotechniques to increase of animal efficiency. It also contains a Containment Area for Genetically Modified Animals. It also develops studies in reproductive physiology. The laboratory offers support to research with embryos and genetically modified animals.

c) Precision Cattle Farming Laboratory

It aims at the development of managerial positions based on spatial and animal variability to maximize economic returns and minimize negative impacts on the environment.

d) Animal Health Laboratory

It facilitates the application of lines of research related to the diagnosis, prevention and control of the main diseases that affect animal production, as well as drug development and testing.

6- Multiuser Laboratory of Biosafety for Cattle Farming (Biopec)

The Biopec is the first structure in Brazil of high-level biosafety laboratories for bovine, poultry and swine research, development and innovation (RD&I), which can also be used for other meat production chains. The laboratory has a set of installations that increases Brazil's ability to safeguard the sanitary quality of the herds. It is set up at the headquarters of Embrapa Beef Cattle, in Campo Grande, MS.

Laboratories at final stages of implementation:

7- Multiuser Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMBM)

Located in Seropédica, RJ,  Embrapa Agrobiology's headquarters, LMBM supports research projects. The users are trained to perform molecular biology studies based on operational procedures. The activities include extraction of DNA/RNA from microorganisms, plants and the soil; real-time DNA/RNA analyses through PCR and PCR for the detection and quantification of functional and structural genes; DNA sequencing to identify microorganisms; and development of molecular markers for plants.

8- Laboratory of Sustainable System Analysis (LASS)

LASS develops studies to quantify the impact of changes in land use and in the climate on agricultural production systems and on natural forests. The analyzed processes involve carbon, nutrient and water cycling in the soil-plant-atmosphere system and how it relates to management and to plant and animal diversity. The laboratory is set up at the headquarters of Embrapa Eastern Amazon, in Belém, PA.