Teaching facilities 

The main lecture room at SeaLab has space for 60 students and is fully equipped with audio-visual equipment for video transfer. For smaller groups there are two meeting rooms with space for 10 people in each, which can be combined to one larger room if required. Additional facilities for students at SeaLab include:

• A teaching lab with room for 20 people
• Student desks in an open plan office
• Rooms for groupwork
   

Experimental laboratories

The experimental laboratories at SeaLab are temperature-controlled and connected to both freshwater and seawater. The water temperature and flow can be regulated for experiments with fish, invertebrates, zooplankton and phytoplankton. Facilities include:

• Climate-controlled room equipped for experiments and cultivation of cultures
• Larviculture laboratory for controlled experiments with marine fish larvae and planktonic organisms – CODTECH*
• Fish laboratory for experiments with fish up to 250g with possibility for recirculation (RAS)
• Mini-RAS systems for research and development 
• Raceway for fish up to 1000g
• Laboratories for cultivating algae, Artemia and rotifers*
• Macroalgae laboratory*

*Organised in collaboration with SINTEF Ocean

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Analytical laboratories

The experimental wet labs at SeaLab are supplemented by a range of laboratories for sampling and analysis of biological samples. This includes a morphological lab equipped for preparation of samples for different microscopy techniques, histochemistry / immunohistochemistry, and dying of cartilage and bones. There is also a biochemical lab for analysis av fatty acids, high-energy phosphates, amino acids, enzymes, proteins and hormones. 

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