 For this purpose, two 16th century buildings of the Alpe Piora have been turned into a laboratory and lodgings.The Microbiology Institute of the canton of Ticino is responsible both for managing the center and coordinating its activities.Cyclobotryococcatriene, a botryococcene-related hydrocarbon, was isolated from and identified in organic-rich sediments in Lake Cadagno in 2000.