Gloucester Marine Station

Off Campus - Off-Campus Research Facility

A research facility specializing in the study, in conjunction with UMass Amherst faculty, of microbiological consumer safety problems associated with fish processing. Located close to major commercial seafood processing facilities in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Facilities and equipment include ultra and refrigerated centrifuges; standard, fluorescence, and stopped flow spectrophotometers; high pressure liquid and gas capillary chromatographs; oxygraph, pH stat, and automatic titrator; color difference meter; ultrasonic disintegrator; torsion apparatus for measuring stress and strain of gels; viscometer; gel electrophoresis apparatus and accessories; densitometer and software; universal material testing equipment.