Cawthron, biosecurity and biotechnology, algal technologies and bioactives, molecular probe, marine bioinvasion, pest management.

Cawthron has an international reputation for its research on harmful algal blooms and marine biotoxins. Our multi-skilled team can offer expert advice on or assistance with:

1.	Taxonomic identification of species, including those involved in harmful algal blooms (HABs)
2.	Ecological information regarding HABs
3.	Access to unique micro-algae held as living or cryopreserved cultures in our Micro-algae Culture Collection
4.	Mass cultures of planktonic and benthic micro-algae, in both batch and continuous flow, fully monitored and controlled systems
5.	Scalable cost-effective bioreactor technology
6.	Extraction of bioactive compounds from mass micro-algal cultures
7.	Harvest of compounds from the wild using a novel adsorption technology - useful for the extraction of biotoxins where the micro-algae cannot be cultured
8.	Chemical analyses and characterisation of biotoxins and other bioactives, and high value products compounds, using the latest chemical and biochemical analytical systems