Algaculture Course – in-person at SAMS, Oban 28th & 29th October 2025 This two-day course will comprise a mix of theoretical lectures and hands-on lab practical components. Overall, the course will cover algal biology, media preparation and sterilisation, algal maintenance
CCAP – ARIES – New Paper CCAP are delighted to share a new paper by Ellie Wood (SAMS PhD student). “From green to orange: The change in biochemical composition of phototrophic-mixotrophic Chromochloris zofingiensis in pilot-scale photobioreactors” investigated the best practices for cultivation
CCAP – ARIES CCAP-ARIES : Green 2 Orange from SAMS on Vimeo. CCAP – ARIES: Algae Research, Innovation and Environmental Science Centre Showcasing the work of one of SAMS’ PhD students, Eleanor Wood, growing and then stressing a green algae
New Paper Read SK, Semião AJC, Graham MC & Ross M (2023) Live algal sorbents for the removal of potentially toxic elements: a review. Applied Phycology, 4(1): 15-33. DOI: 10.1080/26388081.2022.21581326 Thumbnail image created with BioRender.com
SeaWheat Conference 2022 – CCAP Presentations CCAP’s Karen MacKechnie and Ryan Marchington are attending the SeaWheat conference held in Cadiz, Spain on 13-15 September 2022. CCAP has a stand with information on the core collection, our ARIES centre, and on
UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals, including No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Quality Education and Climate Action. As a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded facility, CCAP contributes to several of these
Cecilia Rad-Menéndez spent a month in the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples working on an ASSEMBLE+ knowledge transfer funded program investigating the taxonomy of several Arctic and Antarctic diatom strains. The strains are part of the CCAP collection and to be able to correctly identify them, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) were necessary. The Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN) hosts a high-quality TEM and SEM microscope, and its staff are specialists in these techniques. As part of the exchange, Ceci was trained in SEM and TEM sample preparation as well as SEM and TEM training to observe the samples and take high quality micrographs. The new identity of the strains, together with the micrographs and morphometric details will be added to CCAP knowledge base website.
CCAP-ARIES Launch Event The end of April 2022 saw the launch of CCAP’s new Algal Research, Innovation, and Environmental Science centre (CCAP-ARIES). The launch, which took place on the 27th of April, was a blended mini-symposium based at SAMS. There
New CCAP Delivery Manager Starting in September 2021, we welcome Dr Michael (Mikey) Ross to the CCAP team as Delivery Manager. Mikey is a phycologist with an interest in all things algae. To date, he has cultivated algae for a variety
Christine Campbell retires after 35 years The end of an era; Christine Campbell MBE retired today after 35 years working for CCAP and SAMS, from curator to CCAP Head of Facility. Christine has been awarded a SAMS Honorary Fellowship in
