MINDEROO EXMOUTH RESEARCH LABORATORY, EXMOUTH
The multiple MBA 2022 Award winning Minderoo Foundation Exmouth Research Lab provides scientists with state-of-the-art facilities enabling high quality, high-impact marine research, on the doorstep of the World Heritage listed Ningaloo Reef.
The lab is attracting the world’s best marine researchers and scientists to the Ningaloo coast to study and improve ocean health and resilience. This unique facility achieves the level of sophisticated environment control required to simulate conditions associated with climate change from temperature and acidification.
It also supports the latest molecular testing equipment. Combining the aquaria and genetics lab under one roof has already allowed critical research into identifying heat-resistant coral that can survive damaging heatwaves. The molecular laboratory is also enabling environmental DNA fingerprinting to monitor endangered sea snakes and wedgefish, and unlock forensic techniques to reveal the movements and behaviour of whale sharks.
