Facilities and Equipment
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The UHI Aquaculture network has access to an array of instrumentation, laboratories and vessels for its staff to deliver world-class research, commercial projects and consultancy services to both academic and commercial organisations.
The state-of-the-art facilities enable a range of investigations, facilities include:
- Cell culture laboratory
- Biochemistry and functional assay laboratory
- Chemistry
- HPLC, SEM, ICP-OES, GC, etc.
- Microbiology
- Molecular biology and genetics laboratory
- High throughput DNA sequencing capacity and dedicated environmental DNA laboratory
- Mass spectrometry suite
- Bioinformatics and data mining tools
Aquaculture Research Farms
- The Marine Hatchery
- The Alan Ansell Research Aquarium
- Research Marine Farm Sites
- Seaweed Nursery
Survey Equipment
- Hydrographic, biological, chemical, sonar (multibeam, sidescan, etc.), ADCPs, AWACs, wave buoys, met stations, CTDs, video, etc.
Sampling Equipment
- Seabed, oceanographic, plankton, water quality, fisheries, etc.
Marine Robotics
- Flying and diving, with qualified pilots and specialist services
Modelling Services
- Ocean and atmosphere
For more detailed information on particular facilities, equipment, vessels and contact details please visit our research equipment database.