Lab-On-Chip

Celebrating ten years of Lab-on-Chip innovation

Oceanography is a science that is highly dependent on observations and measurements to gain a better understanding of our changing seas.

NOC’s Ocean Technology and Engineering (OTE) team are at the forefront of innovation in designing, creating and using novel sensors and instruments to collect these vital data, and continue to push boundaries.

Ambitious new project launched to revolutionise ocean observations and measurements

Left: Lab-On-Chip chemical sensors (foreground) with Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (submarine) Autosub Long Range behind. Right: CAD model showing Autosub Long Range with seven Lab-On-Chip nutrient sensors in the nose and four Lab-On-Chip and one electrochemical sensor for the ocean carbonate (CO2) system at the stern.

International ocean technology experts from the UK, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Spain are uniting to develop a range of new in-situ sensing, imaging and sampling technologies that will improve our understanding of the chemistry and biology of the ocean under a new project being co-ordinated by the National Oceanography Centre.