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Capabilities

With our diverse expertise and state-of-the-art equipment, the Centre for Bioinnovation is uniquely positioned to help you solve your most challenging problems.

Technical capabilities

  • Laboratory and in-field molecular diagnostic development and evaluation
  • Microbial, genetic, and biochemical testing
  • Histology
  • DNA barcoding and microsatellites
  • Gene silencing in marine organisms
  • Vaccine design and evaluation

Omics capabilities

  • Genomics
  • Transcriptomics
  • Metabolomics
  • Proteomics
  • Lipidomics
  • Microbiomics

Chemical capabilities

  • Discovery and evaluation of bioactive molecules from natural sources
  • Food analysis
  • Chromatography
  • Mass spectroscopy
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • Qualitative analysis of volatile and non-volatile compounds
  • Quantitative analysis of trace impurities

Conservation management

  • eDNA analysis
  • Pollen barcoding
  • Support breeding programs of endangered fish species

Aquaculture biotechnology

  • Technologies for induction of reproductive development and spawning in aquaculture species
  • Tools for assessment of reproductive development and stress in aquaculture species