The lab infrastructure consists of:
- Gas-chromatography (GC) equipped with flame-ionization detection (FID) and mass spectrometry (MS)
- Elemental analysis (EA) linked to an isotopic ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), equipped for C, N, H, O, and S
- GC linked to IRMS, for compound-specific stable isotopes (e.g., stable isotopes in fatty acid molecules)
- HPLC with fluorescence detection, diode-array detection, and evaporative light-scatter detection (ELSD)
- Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) analysis
- Dissolved nutrient analysis (NO2, NO3, NH4, PO4)
​- Spectrophotometry, Fluorometery
- Microscopy (stereo, inverted, confocal laser scanning)

In our analytical lab, we are equipped for
- Sample preparation (-20C and -80C freezers, freeze-dryer, microbalances)
- Lipid extraction (using N2-evaporation, sonication, vortex, temperature-controlled centrifuges)
- Fatty acid methylation (using sulfuric acid-MeOH; water baths)
- Plankton feeding experiments (chemostats, temperature chambers and rooms)
- Taxonomical id (stereomicroscope; inverted microscope)
- Fish hepatocyte bioassays, using radioactive substances (e.g., 14C-fatty acids) for scintillation counter ('hot lab')