Research facilities and
contract services
We aim to provide the highest standard of facilities and consultancy services in an ever-changing commercial, academic and regulatory environment.
Our high standards
We strive to operate to the highest possible standards with our services.
Our research facilities are licensed and inspected by the UK Home Office. We undertake regulatory studies in compliance with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). All sites are licensed and inspected by regulatory authorities, including the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Marine Scotland Fish Health Inspectorate.
Research facilities
Our laboratories provide facilities to conduct pioneering and commercially relevant research in partnership with leading aquaculture companies.
We’ve four research facilities providing a range of environmental conditions: marine, freshwater, temperate and tropical. Our systems include recirculating aquaculture systems, challenge unit, constant temperature rooms, hatchery and invertebrate.
Find out more about our salmonid freshwater capability at Niall Bromage Fresh Water Research Unit (NBFRU), Buckieburn, Denny.
Find out more about our marine site at Marine Environmental Research Laboratory (MERL), Machrihanish, Campbeltown.
Contract research services
We offer a long-established and successful contract research service that supports the development and testing of products for use in aquaculture and fisheries, including parasiticides, antibiotics, vaccines, feeds and feed additives.
Our laboratories conduct pioneering fundamental research and commercially relevant research in partnership with leading aquaculture companies.
We work in all the key priority research areas, including:
- genomic, molecular and bioinformatics
- microbiology and immunology
- imaging facilities
- nutrition analytical services
- water quality services
Contact us
Please contact us if you would like to know more about using our facilities.
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