Aquatic unit

From all the species, embryos can be retrieved for a variety of scientific studies. Studies in adult fish and frogs require ethical permits. Our research is focused on applied ecotoxicology and includes field sampling of biota, on site studies of contaminated waters and laboratory hazard evaluations of environmental samples and chemicals.

Methods:

We perform toxicity tests on all the organisms, primarily using accepted standardized protocols (OECD TG), such as:

Embryo toxicity studies

Whole life-cycle exposure

Sexual development and reproduction

Amphibian metamorphosis assay

Behaviour studies

Connected services:

Histopathology

Analytical chemistry

RNA-expression analyses

Please contact Gunnar Carlsson or Stefan Örn for information regarding future projects, user’s fees and possibilities for collaboration!