About our role:

The MBA is the primary Genome Acquisition Laboratory (GAL) for marine species within the DToL project – as well as providing expertise in the diversity and taxonomy of UK marine life, its role is to collect and process the bulk of marine specimens for genome sequencing, and to carry out DNA barcoding on marine fungi, macroalgae, and lichens. The target for this first phase of the project is ~1,800 marine species – at least 2 representative species per family, across inverts, seaweeds, lichens, fungi, and protists!