Service categories
The EMBRC+ Core facility offers services divided into four service categories:
Biological resources
The EMBRC+ core facility offers access to culture collections (nematodes, macroalgae) and offers the possibility to sample organisms directly from the field (the southern bight of the North Sea and Western Scheldt Estuary).
Experimental facilities
The EMBRC+ core facility provides access to state-of-the-art experimental facilities for environmental studies and for commercial applications. Dedicated wet and dry laboratories are available for sample processing and their analysis.
Technology platforms
The EMBRC+ core facility gives access to the latest technologies for molecular biology and for bio-imaging, as well as platforms for structural and chemical analysis.
Training services
EMBRC promotes training and upskilling of marine researchers and research infrastructures’ staff by facilitating access to marine-related training opportunities which are provided by the Marine Training Unit (MTU). In this core facility, MTU provides support in the design and delivery of training courses, with special focus on online and blended formats, to increase Lifelong Learning opportunities, using its dedicated e-learning platform. Furthermore, MTU provides an overview of marine and maritime related training opportunities through its Training Catalogue and has just launched an Internships Catalogue where internship providers (Academia, Industry, etc) can advertise internship opportunities, and people looking for internships in the marine and maritime sector can search internship opportunities.
Partners
The EMBRC+ Core facility combines services from 5 research groups spread over 2 faculties at Ghent University.
| Research Group | Involved researchers | Expertise and facilities |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Biology Research group (Marbiol)   | Prof. Dr. Ann Vanreusel Prof. Dr. Tom Moens Prof. Dr. Marleen De Troch Dr. Claudia Delgado | Nematode cultures, lipidomics, experimental facilities with climate control and various sensors, sediment analysis. Marine Training services. |
Phycology Research Group | Prof. Dr. Olivier De Clerck | Diversity, development and genomics of seaweed, experimental facilities and collections. |
| Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center (ARC)  | Prof. Dr. Annelies Declercq | Lipidomics infrastructure, and high-throughput techniques for analysis of static and moving images. |
Blue Growth Research lab (BGRL) | Prof. Dr. Jana Asselman | Facilities for analyzing micro- and nanoplastics in various matrices, including biota. |
Protistology and Aquatic Ecology (PAE) | Prof. Dr. Koen Sabbe Prof. Dr. Wim Vyverman | Genomics of diatom/micro- algae, experimental facilities focusing on diatoms/ microalgae. |
Partner Facilities
EMBRC
The EMBRC+ Core facility combines services offered at UGent. If you would like to learn more about marine biological resource services offered by our partner institutes from EMBRC Belgium (VLIZ, UHasselt, KU Leuven and RBINS) or other member countries of EMBRC, have a look at the service catalogue here.
Marine@UGent Core facility
In addition to the EMBRC+ Core facility services, you can also checkout the Marine@UGent Core facility services. The Marine@UGent Core Facility is situated on the UGent campus in Ostend and offers , innovative and multidisciplinary infrastructure with the aim to further facilitate and boost marine and maritime state-of-the-art research. Learn more.