CCAP Algaculture training course - in person at SAMS, Oban
28 - 29 Oct 2025
This 2 day course is a mix of theoretical lectures and hands-on lab practical components.
Email us: ccap@sams.ac.uk

New culture shipping vessels: after the screw-capped tubes we use for shipping were discontinued we opted for glass vials instead - which will reduce our single-use plastic usage.
The photo is of some happy Chlamydomonas cultures currently heading to Poland 🧪

Introducing CCAP 88/8 Volvox aureus

Collected from a pond at Glasgow Botanic Gardens, this lovely green algae forms spherical colonies. We lost our last strain of Volvox several years ago so it is lovely to have it back in the Collection!

Still places available on our online Algaculture for Biotechnology course on 23rd and 24th April - see link below for further details 👇

www.ccap.ac.uk/index.php/al...

#algaculture #biotechnology #training #trainingcourse #cpdcourse #phycology #microalgae #pondlife #marinescience #onlineeducation

CCAP Algaculture online CPD course - 23rd & 24th April 2025

For more information visit our course webpage and complete the online application form:
www.ccap.ac.uk/index.php/al...

A great day at Glasgow Botanical Gardens last Friday for our first pop-up Museum of Microalgae - MoMa
www.microalgaemuseum.com

#museumofmicroalgae #plankton #STEM #microalgae #pondlife #phycology #scienceisfun #snowalgae #chlorella #plantbasedproteins

CCAP was visited today by Thibaut Pollina, the inventor of the #PlanktoScope, a modular, open-source platform for #plankton imaging. It allows high-throughput quantitative #imaging of samples in the lab or in the field. Fascinating to have a look at it and see what it can do!
www.planktoscope.org

CCAP is looking forward to celebrate microalgae at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens this Friday!

Yesterday was International Microorganism Day! A day late, but we've picked a lovely microalga:
Spirogyra, a filamentous green microalga, forms beautiful patterns when grown on agar. Left is CCAP 678/9 S. mirabilis, and right is CCAP 678/3 S. varians. Fascinating to see the difference in structure.

Pleased to see a new paper researching the antioxidant potential and bioactivities of CCAP algae. Tetraselmis chui CCAP 66/21B, Phaeodactylum tricornutum CCAP 1052/1 and Amphidinium carterae CCAP1102/8. Congratulations on another successful publication from your PhD, Helen.
👉 lnkd.in/eF2vwgdZ

#ISAP2024 yesterday included a visit to Allmicroalgae's cultivation facility, today at the conference CCAP has a poster at the 17:30 poster session - stand 4,25 - come and say hi.

Next on the tour of Europe is the #ISAP2024 conference in Porto - looking forward to catching up with colleagues and learning all about the exciting algal updates 🧪
#phycology

Dr Mikey Ross attended #GaliciaBiodays2024 in Vigo last week as part of a Scottish Delegation. A fantastic mix of site visits and a congress event, a great opportunity to meet so many experts across various sectors. Organised by Bioga Galicia.