COMB occupies 171,000 square feet of the $160 million Columbus Center at Baltimore's Inner Harbor. COMB's unique, state-of-the-art facilities combine advanced marine and biotechnology operations. Extensive DNA synthesis, sequencing and quantifying equipment is available, as well as fermentation systems for growth of extremophilic microorganisms, biological safety level 3 (BSL3)-capable suites and a core facility for transgenic research; Marine and aquatic animals are housed in our innovative, recirculated and fully contained 18,300 square foot Aquaculture Research Center (ARC), which is designed for conducting cutting-edge research to develop and improve finfish/shellfish production and hatchery technologies.

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