Marine biology facilities

Students have access to a wide range of specialist facilities
Marine biology facilities

Our specialist facilities

The University has a wide range of equipment and technology to guide your studies in the right direction

Behavioural facilities Behavioural facilities
 Use our custom-built labs and equipment to understand animal personality. Investigate how marine animals avoid predators, optimise foraging, or engage in contest.

Imaging Imaging
 We have a wide range of imaging facilities including fluorescent microscopy, in vivo time lapsing and electron microscopy (Electron Microscopy lab, pictured).

Bioimaging Bioimaging
 Benefit from our custom-built bio-imaging facility to understand how marine organisms develop under different environmental conditions.

Fluorescence Microscopy Fluorescence Microscopy

Mesocoms Mesocoms
 In our mesocoms facility you can create a range of environmental conditions predicted for the future under current climate change scenarios.

Mesocoms Mesocoms
 With our wide range of physiological equipment, you can investigate how marine organisms work and how they respond to predicted changes in global environmental drivers.

Molecular facilities Molecular facilities
 Become a modern marine biologist using our state-of-the-art molecular facilities to study the genetics of natural populations, or investigate the molecular mechanisms that allow organisms to respond to their environment.

ROVs ROVs
 Set sail from the Marine Station and utilise our Remotely Operated Vehicles for carrying out seabed surveys.

Diving Diving
 Becoming a HSE PRO SCUBA commercial diver makes you more employable during and after university. Our past students have benefited from becoming commercial divers and have dived at the National Marine Aquarium during their studies.

Specialist computing and software Specialist computing and software
 In our computing facilities and labs, you will be able to use specialist software to map the sea bed or model larval dispersal.

Access to a fully-equipped fleet of boats Access to a fully-equipped fleet of boats
 We have a 14m catamaran which is used, along with smaller boats, for group practicals and individual project work spanning collection of seabed and water samples and acquisition of hydrographic survey and oceanographic datasets.

  • lecture facilities overlooking the sea
  • equipment for processing biological samples and identifying organisms
  • molecular and physiological laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment
  • controlled temperature chambers and wet labs for experiments on a variety of scales
  • mesocom facilities
  • seawater aquaria
  • labs and specialist equipment for behavioural studies
  • computing facilities and specialist software
  • bio-imaging facilities
  • boat provision and diving training allowing for sub-tidal investigation
  • Remotely Operated Vehicle for carrying out surveys of the seabed.