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Marine Research Station
NRC has been growing algae for various purposes at the Marine Research Station in Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia, for close to 50 years.
Our comprehensive facilities by the ocean, coupled with an extensive network of multidisciplinary experts, enables us to deliver marine research solutions for collaborators and clients.
We offer:
- Intensive cultivation of microalgae for production of bioactives and biofuels
- Comprehensive seaweed cultivation facility
- Lipid profiling for enhanced fatty acid analysis and identification
- Suite of advanced tools for primary analysis of algal biomass
The 2400L "Biofence" intensively cultivates microalgae
Our facilities:
- High capacity sea water pumping station (up to 9000L/min), servicing multiple buildings on site; seawater chilling and heating capacity
- Seven conviron environmental growth chambers for controlled plant and algae cultivation
- Wet labs for algal growth media preparation and cell counting
- Intensive microalgae batch cultivation capacity (volume of "Brite-Box" photobioreactors is approximately 10,000L))
- Continuous photobioreactor capacity for intensive continuous cultivation of microalgae ("Biofence" volume is approx. 2,400L)
- Advanced biomass processing equipment:
- Two high-speed centrifuges (2L and 10L bowl capacity)
- Two industrial freeze-driers
- Advanced instrumentation for biomass and lipid analysis including bomb calorimeter, elemental analyzer, automated Soxhlet lipid extractor, gas chromatograph, membrane inlet mass spectrometer, fluorometer, N-analyzer, bench top lyophilizer
- Advanced chemostat laboratory for continuous cultivation of microalgae
- Extensive seaweed cultivation and holding capacity
- Two greenhouses
- Dynasep supercritical CO2 bioactive extraction system
- Dedicated technical support staff
The 2400L "Biofence" intensively cultivates microalgae
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- Mass spectrometry
- Nuclear magnetic resonance
- Natural products and analytical chemistry
- Bioscreening
- Omics and imaging
- Marine Research Station
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