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TechOmics

[Top left to right: RoCSI (image credit: NOC), Microscopic image of Karenia spp.

Bottom: L4 buoy with PML Pioneer + RoCSI].

Autonomous samplers and sensors for marine ‘omics

TechOmics is an initiative to design and develop diverse autonomous deployable biomolecular sensors and samplers to map and understand marine life. Our ongoing developments increase the performance and usability of sensors and samplers to meet the needs of the ocean observing community, primarily in the North Atlantic, UK and Europe. Technology can only be developed through sustained funding and thus our programme is as diverse as the many leveraged projects that fund it. Research in our team ranges from deep sea biodiversity to marine microbiology and biogeochemistry, and target assays for sensors are primarily developed to understand water borne threats to human health such as harmful algae.

Leveraging the wealth of time-series knowledge of, and access to, the Western Channel Observatory and the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey, our programme will collect complementary biodiversity data at scale. This will involve the demonstration and application of our technologies, and the design and development to increase robustness for long-term deployment and for mechanical integrity, amplifying the value of large-scale biodiversity observing programmes.

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Project period

30 August, 2025 – 30 September, 2031 

Joined OBON in April, 2026
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