{"id":3835,"date":"2026-05-08T10:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/?page_id=3835"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:40:28","slug":"training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/training\/","title":{"rendered":"Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3835\" class=\"elementor elementor-3835\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb75e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fcb75e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bff2c4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bff2c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CCAP Training Courses<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ddb3fe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0ddb3fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-853de9a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"853de9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ecec86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ecec86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our next course will be in-person, held at CCAP (Scottish Association for Marine Science) on 24th and 25th November 2026<\/strong><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa04b70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"aa04b70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b74169 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5b74169\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/250683498496071\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here to register your interest<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee0d416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee0d416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The course will run from 09.00 to 17.00 GMT each day. This course is made up of lectures and hands-on laboratory practical sessions, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions. Overall, the course will cover algal biology, media preparation and sterilisation, algal maintenance techniques, sampling, isolation and purification, molecular phycology and bioinformatics, algal scale-up and enumeration.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The cost is 960GBP per attendee (including VAT).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The programme for this year&#8217;s course\u00a0will be linked here soon, see lower down the page for a link to last year&#8217;s in-person course programme.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">** There is the possibility of adding a third day covering cryopreservation in more depth \u2013 if you would be interested in this please let us know and we can give more information and a quote.**<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you have any queries please contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ccap@sams.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ccap@sams.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a6415 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"47a6415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b27d28 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b27d28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a81ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24a81ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Algaculture Courses<\/h5><p>CCAP offers both online and in-person training courses in Algaculture, aimed at students, technicians, early career researchers, industry professionals, and algae enthusiasts. We cover:<\/p><ul><li>algal biology<\/li><li>media preparation and sterilisation<\/li><li>algal maintenance techniques<\/li><li>sampling, isolation and purification<\/li><li>enumeration<\/li><li>cryopreservation<\/li><li>molecular phycology and bioinformatics<\/li><li>algal scale-up and mass culture<\/li><\/ul><p>Our courses are delivered by a combination of lectures and hands on practical classes (in-person) or video demonstrations (online).\u00a0 See below for more information and links to sample programmes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f40878d e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f40878d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4576f03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4576f03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-917dfc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"917dfc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Online<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bfcfbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bfcfbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We hold our online course around the last week in April each year, over three mornings Tuesday to Thursday.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The course is held via Microsoft Teams, and is a mixture of lectures, video demonstrations and Q&amp;A sessions, delivered live by the CCAP team, SAMS colleagues, and guest speakers.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">We don&#8217;t record the course, but we provide pdf copies of lecture slides, and links to all the videos so they can be accessed during and after the course.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">There is plenty of time built in for questions and discussion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f814ef8 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f814ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CCAP-Online-Course-Programme-2026.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download sample programme (2026)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faa6eb4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"faa6eb4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36bf5dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36bf5dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In-person<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1914ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1914ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We hold our in-person course around the first week of November each year, it is usually 2-3 days depending on participant interests.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The course is held at SAMS in Oban, Scotland, UK, and is a mix of lectures and practical sessions in the CCAP laboratory, delivered by the CCAP team and SAMS colleagues.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">This course can be tailored to participants interests if practicable &#8211; typically there are two days of general algaculture, and one day of cryopreservation, participants can attend all three days or just the first two.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">There is plenty of time built in for questions and discussion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c8e88d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0c8e88d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CCAP-In-Person-Course-Programme-2025.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download sample programme (2025)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55fa64b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55fa64b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcb8401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcb8401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bespoke<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f4e8c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f4e8c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We are open to running bespoke in-person courses tailored to specific interests, or for groups wishing to attend at another time to the set in-person course, depending on resources and prior commitments.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">For example we have provided two-day cryopreservation training,\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498d821 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"498d821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"mailto:ccap@sams.ac.uk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfdfc49 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfdfc49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c004af2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c004af2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7c1b5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7c1b5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other CCAP-affiliated courses<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a5d92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47a5d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Coming soon: Info &amp; 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