sentences:  Since 1987, the "Gatty" has been a component Research Institute of the School of Biology (although the name and composition of the School has changed several times).The laboratory built up strong research groupings in fish biology and marine ecology and by the early 1990s received the highest number of research grants in marine biology of any UK department.In 1997, a major £4.3 million extension to the building was financed by the University Court.