Contractual Research

Partner-Driven Science

Bigelow Laboratory offers customized contractual research services, leveraging the breadth, depth, and expertise of our multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, actionable results. We partner with academia, industry, government, and nonprofits to design tests, develop new methodologies, and independently evaluate product performance, efficacy, and reproducibility of results.

Our scientists have extensive experience in experimental design, environmental monitoring, modeling, and advanced laboratory techniques across marine and freshwater systems. From small-scale biomass production to large-scale environmental assessments, we tailor each project to meet your specific needs and research goals.

Services Available:

• Assessment of growth environment control on compound production in micro and macroalgae (targeted and untargeted)
• Assessment of marine environmental conditions (hydrography, chlorophyll, nutrients, zooplankton, eDNA)
• Biomass production (small batch, 0.5kg scale)
• Climate projections for marine species
• Developing transfection systems for microeukaryotes (protozoa and algae)
• HAB and toxin forecasting
• Habitat suitability modeling
• Heterologous expression of genes using protozoa
• Offshore wind biological environmental assessment
• Research software development
• Screening algal collection for function/compound presence
• Third-party testing of products used in HAB mitigation