The Biodiversity & Biological Oceanography Laboratory (OBB) is one of the laboratory units that provides facilities to accommodate research conducted. This research laboratory is equipped with modern equipment such as HPLC, Rosette Water Sampler, PAM-Diving Pump Fluorometer, Microplate Reader and several other tools that assist in biological and biodiversity studies. This laboratory serves to provide and ensure the best facilities to researchers and postgraduate students in carrying out activities related to ocean exploration especially in the field of biology and biodiversity.

Our Main Objectives:

• Provide conducive space and complete infrastructure for biological oceanographic and biodiversity research
• Become a platform for supervisors and postgraduate students to conduct research
• To ensure that the scientific and biodiversity aspects are consistent with the rapid knowledge of ocean studies.
• Assist research groups in INOS and UMT in carrying out sampling activities at the study site and analyzing samples in the laboratory

Laboratory:

1. Biodiversity & Biological Unit

   Biological Oceanography Lab 1 – Molecular & Genomics

   Biological Oceanography Lab 2 – Tissue Culture

   Biological Oceanography Lab 3 – Proteomic @ Protein Analysis

   General Laboratory – HPLC & Natural Product

   Biodiversity Lab 1 and 2 : -Identification and analysis of biological samples such as coral, plankton, benthos, fish, crabs -Identification and analysis of geological samples such as foraminifera, soil, water

2. Scuba Unit 

Equiments:

1. Spectrophotometer
2. PCR Machine (Thermocycler)
3. Bench Top Centrifuge
4. Biomedical Freezer -20C
5. Vortex Mixer
6. CO2 Incubator
7. pH meter
8. Gel Documentation System
9. Heating & Cooling Block
10. Membrane Filtration System and Vacuum Pump
11. Electrophoresis set
12. High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
13. Autoclave
14. Shaking Incubator
15. Image Master 2D Platinum
16. Freeze Dryer
17. Rotary Evaporator
18. Microscope
19. Laminar Flow
20. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)- JEOL 6360 LA
21. X-Ray microanalysis (EDS)
22. Electron Microscope Freeze Drier
23. Gold Sputter Coater
24. Vacuum Evaporator
25. Critical Point Dryer (CPD)-Baltec 020
26. Vacuum Oven
27. Electronic Desiccators
28. Centrifuge Mini Spin
29. Orbital Shaker
30. Hot Plate
31. Membrane Filtration System And Vacuum Pump
32. Oven
33. Portable pH meter
34. Light Microscope