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ABOUT THE MRC
The Marine Resources Center (MRC) is a highly advanced facility for
maintaining, culturing, and providing aquatic organisms essential to
advanced biological, biomedical, and ecological research.
Service and education also play important and complementary roles in
this 32,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility. The MRC and its
life support systems have increased the ability of MBL scientists to
conduct research and have inspired new concepts in scientific
experiments.
The MRC provides a variety of services to the MBL community through its
Aquatic Resources Division, Aquaculture and Engineering Division, and
Administrative Division.
The MRC enables MBL researchers and staff to:
- conduct research on aquatic organisms such as sensory
and behavioral neurobiology, environmental toxicology, reproductive
biology, and embryology;
- supply field-collected aquatic organisms for use in
research and education as well as expand and develop maintenance and
mariculture techniques to establish pathogen-free biologically,
genetically, and environmentally defined aquatic laboratory species for
research and commercial aquaculture;
- provide veterinary medical care to aquatic organisms;
- conduct basic research into the causes, treatment,
and prevention of diseases affecting aquatic animals;
- develop educational programs to expand the use of
aquatic laboratory organisms within the scientific research,
educational, and commercial aquaculture communities; and develop
database reference and research resource materials for investigators
and for the general public.
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