Matre Research Station
Since the opening in 1971 the Research Station in Matre, north of Bergen, has been the core facility for the salmonid research of the Institute of Marine Research and of several national and international collaborators. In 2006, the Research Station has been totally modernised with new water supplies, new and better experimental facilities and new analytical laboratories. Matre Research Station is designed to do both small and large-scale studies on resent and future aquaculture species. The facilities are also excellent for studies on wild fish species, including climate-change studies and pollution related experiments. |
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Genetics Laboratory
A modern genetics laboratory, well equipped for both protein and DNA analyses. Available equipment includes:
several PCR machines,
two automated gene analysers (ABI3100 and ALFexpress),
set-ups for all types of electrophoresis; vertical, horizontal, starch, agarose, PAGE, IEF, pulse-gel, etc. |
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Challenge Laboratory
The wet laboratories consist of four physically separate units (cells) comprising a total of 72 tanks that range from 0.15 m3 to 1.5 m3 in volume. |
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Disease Laboratory
The Disease Laboratory shares premises with the Genetics Laboratory. Its facilities consist of a large laboratory and a number of small, specialised laboratories. The two laboratories also share certain instruments, including equipment for histological studies. |
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Chemical Analysis Laboratory
The chemical analysis laboratory is modern and well equipped for the analysis of nutrients and other important parameters of algae biomass, organic pollutants and radio nucleotides, as well as for conducting pollutant effect studies using biochemical and cell culture methods. |
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Physiology Laboratory
Laboratory to study vitality, buoyancy, fecundity and atresi of marine fish spawning products using histology and pattern recognition. |
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Zooplankton Laboratory
This facility consists of a modern lab with space for approximately ten persons. It is designed for systematic work on zooplankton, benthic organisms and studies of otolith microstructure. |
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Circular tank
Europe's largest circular tank (200 000 l), which is used for behavioural studies of spawning, migration and feeding of marine fish. The tank can be split into ten separate chambers (20 000 l ) for more specific studies. |
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