The MarLAB laboratory was created on 1st January, 1999 with the formation of the Department for the Study of the Territory and its Resources (Dip.Te.Ris.) of the University of Genoa that in 2011 was incorporated into the Department of Earth Sciences, Environmental and Life (DISTAV) from the fusion with the Department of Biology (DIBIO) and the Institute of Botany of Genoa. The laboratory incorporates the expertise of the preceding departments in the fields of basic and applied marine geology, oceanography, marine organism taxonomy, marine biochemistry and marine sedimentology. |