Services

Why work with us?

In AstrobiologyOU we advocate a multidisciplinary approach to a variety of technical and educational challenges. We have assembled a portfolio of world-leading facilities and host a diverse team of experts with a track record of delivering a wide range of projects globally. 

We actively seek to engage in commercial and social enterprise activities as a means of maximising the reach, significance and impact of our work. 

How can we work with you?

Potential forms of engagement include:

Our expertise and capabilities

• Education and engagement
• Space governance
• International development
• Microbiology and low-biomass molecular biology  
• Simulation of extreme biotic / abiotic environments in flow-through and static reactors 
• Geochemical and thermochemical modelling: rock / fluid interactions  
• Low pressure UV irradiated chambers: dry heat microbial reduction  
• Hypervelocity impact experiments 
• Analytical: gas chromatography / FID and NIR spectrometry  

 

For further information please see our Facilities page. 

If you would like further information please email us at: astrobiology@open.ac.uk