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Zebrafish Facility

The UCL Zebrafish Facility offers a number of different services related to zebrafish husbandry and training. It houses hundreds of lines of fish for the many investigators at UCL using zebrafish for their research. 

Location | Anatomy Building

Contact details | Gareth Powell g.powell@ucl.ac.uk


Sea Urchins

Location | Medical Sciences Building

Contact details | David Brennan david.brennan@ucl.ac.uk


Insect Constant Temperature Rooms

The Darwin constant temperature rooms offer a controlled and stable environment for insect models. These rooms are carefully maintained at specific temperatures and humidity levels to ensure consistent conditions. The primary insect species housed in these rooms include Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) and species from the Diopsidae family (stalk-eyed flies).

Location | Darwin and LMCB Building

Contact details | Bethany Wallis (Biosciences) beth.wallis@ucl.ac.uk and Valentina Senatore (LMCB) v.senatore@ucl.ac.uk


Neurobiological Research Facility

The Neurobiological Research Facility (NRF) comprises of dedicated, state-of-the-art facilities designed to give animals the best care possible – both for the animals’ wellbeing and to ensure that excellent science can be delivered.

Location | Sainsbury Wellcome Centre Building

Contact details | Sean Murphy s.murphy@ucl.ac.uk


Aquatic Research Facility

The Aquatics Research Facility (ARF) has been recently established within the SWC to provide crustaceans for research within the Margrie and Branco lab.

Location | Sainsbury Wellcome Centre Building

Contact details | Joe Higgins joe.higgins@ucl.ac.uk