Applied Genomics Ltd

Our rivers are in danger, 'Almost all of the UK's waterways are polluted. In 2022, a House of Commons Committee report...concluded that no river in England was free from chemical contamination. Only 14% of UK rivers had a "good" ecological status.' When Combined Sewerage Overflows (CSOs) and Sewerage Treatment Works (STWs) reach capacity, they discharge u...

To design and deliver an ecology and biodiversity reporting repository, providing first-in-sector longitudinal and contextual analysis for marine biodiversity sampling.

Traditional morphological or image-based classification of marine taxa is time-consuming, requires specialist knowledge and is near impossible for certain life forms (e.g. fish eggs). An alternative approach that has lately received a great deal of interest is the use of so-called environmental DNA or 'eDNA'; the DNA signature that animals leave behind ei...

Invasive non-native species are the second greatest threat to biodiversity worldwide, after habitat loss, whilst antibiotic resistance carrying pathogens are on the rise. International shiping is a significant pathway for the introduction of marine non-native species and harmful pathogens, with many marine ports identified as locations at high risk from t...