Overview

UGENT is a member of the Belgian EMBRC node, having joined forces in 2012 under the umbrella of Marine@UGent, a multidisciplinary marine-research consortium building a bridge between Ghent University and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). Its mission is to conduct interdisciplinary fundamental and applied research, to provide knowledge-based support for ecosystem-based management of marine resources for current and future generations, and to provide high-level education for the next generation of marine scientists. 

Ecosystems

• Ecosystems of the Southern Bight of the North Sea, Eastern Channel and Westerschelde estuary

Ecosystem access

• Other ecosystem access (On-site and remote service)
  • Access to the intertidal Westerscheldt estuary
• Ecosystem access to the North Sea Is via the MSO/VLIZ ecosystem access: apply to them for these services. 

Biological resources

• Biobanks (On-site and remote service)
  • European Macroalgal samples, meio- and macrofaunal sample series from southern bight of North sea
• Culture collections (On-site and remote service)
  • Bacteria, Diatoms, Nematodes, Macroalgae
• Species collected upon request (On-site and remote service)
  • Meio- and macrofauna from the southern bight of North sea, nematodes and benthic species from westerscheldt estuary

Technology platforms

• Imaging (On-site service)​​​​​​​
  • Physiology (PAM) imaging, Cell tracking, SEM, morphology, and microscopy services
  • Lab for Protistology and Aquatic Ecology
  • The Artemia Reference Centre
• Molecular biology and omics (On-site service)​​​​​​​
  • Marine bacterial platform, marine molecular platform
  • Molecular analysis optimised for high-throughput analysis
• Structural and chemical analysis (On-site and remote service)​​​​​​​
  • Artemia, fatty acid, methyl ester separation, grain size, pigment, nutrient
  • This infrastructure allowing a complete biochemical screening of marine organisms
• Other technology platforms (On-site service)​​​​​​​
  • Histopathology
  • Gnotobiotic Artemia Toolbox
• Technical staff for assistance or hands-on analysis

Expert advice

• Other expert advice (On-site service)​​​​​​​
  • Fish health