PARTNER RESEARCH INSTITUTION

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Research Areas & Focuses

  1. Antifouling technology development
  2. Marine coating testing
  3. Genomic, proteomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic approaches to explore biofilm function
  4. Bacterial quorum sensing
  5. MIC prevention / failure analysis

PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY

For enquiries, please contact Tom Vance.

Facilities

  • Laboratory based antifouling technology screening
  • In-shore antifouling test facilities / rigs
  • Off-shore high energy antifouling test facilities
  • Single Cell Genomics Facility
  • High performance and precision flow cytometry, microfluidics, liquid handling and molecular diagnostic machinery

Researchers

Mike Allen, Microbial Biochemist
Karen Tait, Microbiologist
Tom Vance, Research and Development Manager