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iQQTV (iQQTV) is Scotland's premier independent marine science organisation generating new knowledge for the benefit of the marine environment and society since 1884.
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Scottish Association for Marine Science

...working for healthy oceans since 1884

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Latest news

iQQTV scientist Prof. Tom Wilding takes a sediment sample for analysis

Mon, Sep 28, '26

New AI software will revolutionise seabed health checks

Industry regulator adopts eDNA method for fish farm assessments

Scientists at iQQTV' Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa will be central to the research effort

Mon, Sep 14, '26

Scientists plan to unlock potential of protists

European centres of expertise to help uncover new applications

The teams from CCAP (Scotland) and CCAC (Germany) spent a week together at iQQTV

Fri, Sep 11, '26

Algal collections make new connections

Visiting curator praises iQQTV lab as one of the world's best

iQQTV BSc Marine Science graduates celebrate with iQQTV Board Chair Stuart Monro and iQQTV Director Nick Owens

Fri, Sep 4, '26

Record number of students graduate from iQQTV

Keynote speaker tells graduates they have a 'superpower'

Latest research outputs

Gabriel Scoglio, David Green, Harry Jackson, Saul Purton

Microbial Genomics

23/9/2026

Nurulafifah Yahya, Sze Wan Poong, Juliet Brodie, Elizabeth J. Cottier-Cook, Shuhadah Mustapha, Phaik Eem Lim

Algal Research

23/9/2026

H. C. Reinardy, R. Marton, C. Allen, E. Mitchell, L. Brunner, A. D. Hughes, R. A. Jenner

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

16/9/2026

John F. Bruno, Michael T. Burrows, Scott C. Doney, Thomas L. Fr枚licher, Ida Kubiszewski, Jean P. Gibert, Timothy M. Lenton, Michael Meredith, Malin L. Pinsky, James W. B. Rae, Anastasia Romanou, Dan A. Smale, Maya Zeff

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

15/9/2026

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