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A photo of scientists at work in a laboratory
Video, 3 mins

What Is Environmental Omics? Inside the NERC Facility

Explore the opportunities available at the NEOF Visitor Facility in Sheffield, including funded access to lab facilities, expert training and bioinformatics support.

Part of The NEOF Visitor Facility: supporting UK environmental research since 1998
10 Aug 2026 11:00

The NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) Visitor Facility provides access to equipment and facilities, and expert lab and bioinformatics training to ecological researchers from across the UK, to support studies involving genomics, environmental DNA and molecular ecology.

This video gives a taster of the type of work we support.

Learn more

Credits

  • Filming and Production: Laure Divisia-Astill (Photographer)
  • Director: Dr Deborah Dawson (Research Associate at the University of Sheffield)
  • Interviewee: Dr Sophie Scutt (Asset Integrity Coordinator at Geoquip Marine)
  • Interviewee: Dr Anna Jemmett (Conservation Officer at the RSPB)
  • Interviewee: Dr Gavin Horsburgh (Research Associate at the University of Sheffield)
  • Interviewee: Tom Holden (Research Assistant at the NERC Environmental Omics Facility)
  • Interviewee: Rachel Patel (née Tucker) (Lab Manager at NERC Environmental Omics Facility)
Correct as of content publication - 10/08/2026

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