Facilities / Resources
R/V G.O. Sars is the main vessel used by CGB scientists for research at sea.
Animation of the R/V G.O. Sars using associated multibeam sonar
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Hercules exploring the Lost City hydrothermal field, Foto: NOAA-OE
ICP-MS Lab: Thermo Finnigan Element 2 with New Wave 213, Laser Probe Foto: BGF
ICP-MS Lab: Thermo Finnigan Element 2 with solution, autosampler Foto: BGF
ICP-MS Lab: Iris, Foto: BGF
ICP-MS Lab: Neptune, Foto: BGF
TIMS Lab: Instrument example, Foto: BGF
TIMS Lab: techniques example, Foto: BGF
RAMAN Lab: Example of a Raman map using fast x,y-Raman scanning. This map consists of thousands of spectra, and was generated within a few minutes, Foto: BGF
GMS Lab: ThermoFinnigan MAT252 IRMS, Foto: GMS Lab
CGB microbiology lab Foto: Frida Lise Daae
The microbiology lab has the capacity to perform many different assays Foto: Frida Lise Daae
Centre researchers have access to truly unique lab facilities as a result of their diverse competencies and CGB partnerships with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Departments of Earth Science and Biology at UiB.
Laboratories
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LABORATORY |
CONTACT NAME |
| Geomicrobiology Lab | Frida Lise Daae / Ida Steen |
| Biogeochemistry Lab | Hildegunn Almelid / Ingunn Thorseth/ Tamara Baumberger |
| ICP-MS Lab | Siv Dundas / Jan Kosler / Rolf Pedersen / Romain Meyer |
| TIMS Lab | Yuval Ronen / Rolf Pedersen / Cedric Hamelin |
| Raman Lab | Nicola McLoughlin |
| 35S Lab | Laila Reigstad |
| GMS Lab | Pål Tore Mørkved |
| CBU Lab | Håkon Dahle |
| EML Lab | Ingunn Thorseth |
| Advanced Data Analysis | Bjarte Hannisdal |
Marine Infrastructure
CGB scientists also have access to sea-going vessels taking them to field sites or natural marine laboratories.
R/V G.O. Sars is equipped with state-of-the-art technology in order to carry out a wide variety of research work. Examples of the kind of research work the vessel is capable of carrying out include: pelagic and bottom trawling, plankton sampling, CTD/rosette operations, towed body operations, hydrographic operations, water sampling, miscellaneous kinds of environmental sampling, grabbing and coring, hydro-acoustic research work, seismic operations.
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) this type of unmanned submersible makes it possible for researchers to virtually visit the sea-floor.
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) are also used to explore the seafloor around the deep-sea volcanoes located there, looking for hot vents and new ecosystems
Resources
CREST
Created by CGB scientists, CREST (Classification Resources for Environmental Sequence Tags) is a collection of resources for taxonomical classification of high throughput sequencing. CREST utilises a curated taxonomy derived from taxonomic annotation of a global alignment of phylogenetic marker genes.
Contact: Anders Lanzèn / Steffen Leth Jørgensen
Last updated 11.4.2013