Facilities at our Research station
The department is divided into several locations between Sauðárkrókur and Hólar. The “Puffin House,” located in Sauðárkrókur, is primarily composed of open-plan offices. Similar work areas are available at Hólar University, as well as a library. The research laboratory is located 50 meters from the university, and “Holalax” station is located 2.5 km away.
The department is divided into several locations between Sauðárkrókur and Hólar. The “Puffin House,” located in Sauðárkrókur, is primarily composed of open-plan offices. Similar work areas are available at Hólar University, as well as a library. The research laboratory is located 50 meters from the university, and “Holalax” station is located 2.5 km away.
Library, offices and meeting rooms
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Meeting room
Break room
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Library
Seminar room
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The laboratory
This lab has been mainly used for sampling fish (from egg and embryo stage up to adult fish) and ecological studies of aquatic organisms:
Our newly molecular lab has facilities for:
- Classic phenological measurements: body weight, length, maturity, aging of fish
- Tissue sampling for DNA and RNA analysis, stable isotope analysis
- Analysis of shape using geometrics morphometrics (landmarks)
- Water samples for eDNA
- Diet composition of fishes from fixed and in vivo samples
- Anatomy of the brain and brain development
- Staining and characterization of ossification and cartilages in fishes
- Feces analysis
- Gross energy measurements using calorimetry
- Tagging of fishes (Visible Implant Elastomer tag and PIT-tags)
- Blood sampling on small fishes
- Histology
- Measurements of oxygen consumption through respirometry
Our newly molecular lab has facilities for:
- Isolating and quantifying DNA
- Running PCR
- Gel electrophoresis
Ecology lab
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Molecular lab
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The station
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Field work
Fish sampling inside a lava cave in Mývatn
Stream enclosures experiment
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Fish sampling in a stream
Fish processing next by a lava cave in Mývatn
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Where we are located