Research centres & facilities

AI & Animal Welfare Lab
In the AI & Animal Welfare Lab, academic experts and key stakeholders from business, government and civil society work together to make full use of the potential of AI to improve animals' lives in practice.

Biofabrication Facility Utrecht
The Biofabrication Facility provides in-house collaborative research support to a wide range of technologies and training. The available equipment is divided into two segments of use cases: prototyping and bioprinting.

Biomolecular Interaction Facility
We offer label-free measurement of biomolecular interactions using Biolayer Interferometry and Isothermal Titration Calorimetry.

A multi-user facility offering advanced microscopic techniques to scientists.

Centre for Sustainable Animal Stewardship (CenSAS)
Strives to encourage a sustainable and responsible relationship between humans and animals.

Centre of Excellence for Plastination and Virtual Reality
A joint initiative of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and UMC Utrecht. We develop models for training in clinical skills and in a wide range of procedures in humans and animals.

Dutch Molecular Pathology Centre
We offer advanced and qualified molecular and pathological analysis of rodents and zebrafish for research of academic and industrial parties.

Enhance knowledge and expertise in wildlife health in the Netherlands. We provide scientifically based information for political and practical decisions concerning public health, wild and domestic animal health, and nature conservation issues.

Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting
We offer state of the art flow cytometry for analysis and purification of cells and cell organelles from a wide variety of species.

Lipidomics Centre
We offer novel lipidomic technologies for detailed analysis and global characterisation of the structure and function of lipids within a living system.

Aims for an integrated One Health approach to tackle the global risk of infectious diseases. NCOH commits to create durable solutions for this major challenge by bundling world-leading academic top research in the Netherlands in the area of One Health.

Single Cell Analysis Centre
We offer a unique and state-of-the-art research facility to measure gene expression profiles and perform genetic analysis in single cells.

Sperm analysis and reproduction on a chip
The facility offers an advanced sperm quality analysis for obtaining more insight in potentially underlying factors of unexplained sub- or infertility. The same facility houses 3D printing, microfluidic, and cell culture techniques to resemble the essential morphological and physiological functionalities of an oviduct or uterus in a simplified and miniaturised on-chip format.

Veterinary Microbiology Diagnostic Centre
The VMDC is your partner for microbiological diagnostics and treatment. We investigate materials obtained from animals for the presence of infectious agents or the specific antigens that fight them.

WHO Collaborating Centre for Campylobacter
Collaborating centre for reference and research on Campylobacter and antimicrobial resistance from a One Health-perspective.