EQUIPMENT SHARING BROCHURE

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INTRODUCTION 06 LEICESTER INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 17 Biological NMR spectroscopy, Protein-protein interactions, Protein-ligand interactions, Protein dynamics WISB FLOW CYTOMETRY AND CELL SORTING FACILITY 08 Flow cytometry, FACS, cell sorting, BD, Fortessa, Fusion PROTEIN EXPRESSION FACILITY (PEF) 17 CyTOF, Helios, Mass CyTometry, metal isotype, University of Birmingham, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY 08 Flow, Cytometry, Flow Cytometry, FACS, Cell Sorting, Imaging Flow Cytometry, IFC, CFC, Single Cell Cloning, Single Cell, Training PROTEOMICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 18 Proteomics, mass spectrometry, identification, quantification, post-translational modification, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, peptide, protein, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY PLATFORM 09 phosphorylation, validation Fluorescence, Microscopy, Super-Resolution, SIM, SMLM, STED, Light-Sheet, Lattice, SPIM, FRET, Photometry, TIRFM, image analysis ADVANCED MASS SPECTROMETRY FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 18 UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM CYTOF SERVICE 09 Proteomics, mass spectrometry, identification, post-translational modification, peptide, protein Imaging Suite Laser scanning Wide field fluorescence microscopy Live cell imaging Slide scanning Lightsheet microscopy ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES 19 CONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 (C3) FACILITY 10 Fluorescence, Spinning Disk, Confocal, microscopes, WISB, Time-lapse, Nikon, Andor, Imaging Hazard Group 3 organisms, Models of infection, Small rodent, Specialist training, Risk assessment for C3 organisms BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 19 WARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING FACILITY 10 Life and environmental sciences, Medical and Dental sciences, Fluorescent Light microscopy, Confocal (LCS) microscopy, TIRF, Structure Illumination, Drug discovery, Antimicrobial screening, Surface testing, Medical microbiology, Antimicrobial resistance, Medicine, High throughput imaging, imaging analysis, trainings Natural products, Microbiology, Robotic screening WARWICK LATTICE LIGHT SHEET 20 AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING ANDMICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 11 CAMDU, Warwick, LLSM, Lattice, LightSheet, Microscopy, Light, Sheet, Live Cell, Dynamics Automation, liquid handling, high throughput, Tecan, screening, Antimicrobial, WISB, robotics, RoboLector, BioLector, microbioreactor, fermentations SLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE IMAGING 20 DEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FACILITY 11 Microscopy, Imaging, analysis, confocal, electron microscopy, histology Next generation sequencing, Illumina, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, sequencing, single cell, optical mapping, bioinformatics, genomics, COMPARE 21 transcriptomics, DNA, RNA, 10X Genomics, Bionano Fluorescence, Microscopy, Super-Resolution, SIM, SMLM, STED, Light-Sheet, Lattice, SPIM, FRET, Photometry, TIRFM, image analysis NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ORGAN BATH PHARMACOLOGY LABORATORY 12 TECHNOLOGY HUB IMAGING FACILITY, COLLEGE OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES 21 Neuroelectrophysiology, Organ Bath Pharmacology, Long-Term Potentiation (LTP), Microelectrodes, Neuronal Signalling, Epilepsy Imaging Suite Laser scanning Wide field fluorescence microscopy Live cell imaging Slide scanning Lightsheet microscopy

CENTRE FOR HUMAN BRAIN HEALTH 12 CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 22 Brain, MRI, MEG, EEG, OPM, Fnirs, sleep lab, Non-invasive brain stimulation Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Scanning Electron, Microscopy, SEM, Ultramicrotomy, Critical Point Drying, Negative, staining, Immunolabelling, CLEM, Biological sample preparation STEMLAB BIOSUITE 13 Plate Readers, Bioscience, Microbiology, Tissue Culture, Spectrophotometry, Microscopy ADVANCED BIOIMAGING RTP 22 Cryo-TEM, transmission electron microscopy, biological samples, cellular ultrastructure, nanoparticles, size measurements, negative stain, LABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTION ANALYSIS 13 ultrathin sectioning SPR, Biacore, ITC, MicroCal, Microscale thermophoresis, Monolith, biomolecular, WISB, affinity, kinetics, thermodynamics, protein-protein, labe MIDLANDS REGIONAL CRYO-EM FACILITY 23 HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 14 Cryo-TEM, transmission electron microscopy, biological samples, structure, single particle analysis, tomography Tablet preparation, tablet testing, dissolution testing THIN SECTION LABORATORY 23 SCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES 14 Thin sections, micromorphology, polished blocks Blood Cell Counter , Dexa Scan, Mri, Ultrasound, Cortex And Carefusion Gas Analysis-Hokanson ROCK PREPARATION AND THIN SECTIONING FACILITY 24 MITOCHONDRIAL PROFILING CENTRE 15 Thin sections, Polished blocks, Stubs, Core drilling Mitochondria, metabolism, oxygen consumption, oxidative phosphorylation, high resolution respirometry, Seahorse Extracellular Flux Analysis, cells, tissue THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 24 Nanomaterials, Surface Analysis, Imaging, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Engineering, TEM, SEM, XPS, Raman, CryoEM Lithography, OrbiSIMS PLANT GROWTH FACILITY 15 Plant growth, soil-crop systems, plant and root phenotyping, pre-harvest, post-harvest, crop monitoring, climate change studies, seed technology, ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 25 crop establishment, agrochemicals, biostimulants, biopesticides Electron Microscopy, Transmission EM, Scanning Transmission EM, Scanning EM (FEG), Focused Ion Beam SEM

PHENOME CENTRE BIRMINGHAM 16 ANALYTICAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND AUTOMATED MINERALOGY 25 Scanning Electron Microscopy, EDS, WDS, micro-XRF, Automated Mineralogy, Imaging, Materials Metabolics, biomarkers WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 26 BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 16 Scanning Electron Microscopy, Focused Ion Beam, (Scanning) / Transmission Electron Microscopy, Precession Electron Diffraction, Bioinformatics Computational Biology Data Analysis Nucleotide Sequencing Big Data High Capacity Computing Programming genomics, X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Nanoindentation metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, single cell sequencing technologies, sequence assembly, regulatory sequence analysis KEELE UNIVERSITY CENTRAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT 26 Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM

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X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY FACILITY (XRF) 27 SOIL MANAGEMENT FACILITY 36 X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer, pXRF, powder pellets, fusion beads, analytical balances, furnaces, drying ovens Soil management and erosion, crops, water, agricultural machinery, off-road vehicles, agrochemicals, cultivation, sowing, rainfall, hydrological processes, geotextiles, runoff, meteorological data, weeding, pesticides X-RAY DIFFRACTION RTP 27 X-ray Diffraction, XRD, SAXS, XRF, High-resolution, Scattering, powder XRD, Structural solution, nanomaterials, reflectivity, stress, texture, NATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 37 GISAXS, non-ambient Sewage treatment, drinking water treatment, wastewater, water science, pilot facility, water monitoring and testing

CHEMISTRY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 28 WARWICK THERMAL ENERGY FACILITY 37 Crystallography, X-ray diffraction, single crystal, powder crystal Thermal Analysis, Materials Testing, Thermal Conductivity, Calorimetry, Dilatometry, Sorption, Solar Simulator, Humidity, Heating and Cooling

WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION FACILITY 28 WOLFSON SCHOOL ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP AT LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY 38 X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, XPS, Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy, UPS, Surface Analysis, Surface Science, Surface Chemistry, Printed Circuit Board (PCB), Arduino, Micro-Controllers, Electrical Cabinets, CAD, Ultimaker Composition Analysis, Materials, Angle-Resolved Photoemission, ARPES, Low Energy Electron Diffraction, LEED CRANFIELD ORDNANCE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTRE (COTEC) 38 (LA)-ICP-MS 29 Defence and security, firing range, munitions testing, ammunition proofing, ordnance proofing, explosive trials, bullet and fragment attack, LA-ICP-MS, ICP-MS, laser, Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, trace elemental analysis fragmentation trials, testing and evaluation, flare test track, high altitude test facility, pyrotechnics

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 29 SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM (SC RTP) 39 Mass spectrometry, LC-MS, accurate mass, GC-MS, HPLC, MALDI, electron ionisation Scientific Computing, Research Computing, Research Software Engineering, High Performance Computing, Linux

VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 30 CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICAL COGNITION 39 Electronic nose, Machine olfaction, gas analysis, VOC analysis, GC-MS, headspace analysis, Portable VOC measurements Eye-tracking (VR, remote and mobile); Psychophysiology (fixed and mobile GSR, ECG, EMG), Observation (fixed and mobile)

UK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE NMR FACILITY 30 KEELE UNIVERSITY SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR 40 Solid-state NMR, Magic Angle Spinning (MAS), battery technology, pharmaceuticals, plant cell wall physiology, protein structural biology Smart Energy Network Demonstrator, Intelligent Energy Generation, Living Laboratory

NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 31 GLOSSARY 42 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry, Structural Studies, Catalysts, Energy materials, Biomolecules

POLYMER CHARACTERISATION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 31 GPC, SEC, Gel Permeation Chromatography, Size Exclusion Chromatography, Polymer Analysis, Polymer Characterisation, TGA, DSC, DMA, Thermal Analysis, Materials Testing

MICRO-FOCUS X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AT WMG 32 X-ray Computed Tomography, NDT, Micro-focus XCT, High-power XCT, In-situ scanning, Material characterisation, Digital imaging

WARWICK CENTRE FOR ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY 32 Ultrafast spectroscopy, terahertz spectroscopy, semiconductors, quantum materials, photostability, prodrugs and nanomedicine, infrared spectrsocopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, transient absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy

SPECTROSCOPY RTP 33 Optical Spectroscopy, Raman, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Electron Paramagnetic resonance EPR, Photoluminescence, Materials, Imaging

WARWICK LASER MICROMACHINING 33 Laser Micromachining, Drilling, Milling, Cutting, Composites, Polymers, Metal, Diamond, Mask Fabrication, Complex Geometries, Surface Roughening

MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INNOVATION (MUEAVI) 34 Intelligent and autonomous vehicles, mechatronics, simulation, intelligent mobility, urban and off-road environment, test track, infrastructure sensor development, traffic, instrumented vehicles, advanced vehicle engineering, emerging technologies

AEROSPACE INTEGRATION RESEARCH CENTRE (AIRC) 34 Aerospace technologies and integration, aircraft, airspace, flight simulators, air traffic management, air transportation, unmanned aerial vehicles, engineering photonics, intelligent automation

CRANFIELD IMPACT CENTRE (CIC) 35 Crash and impact testing, crashworthiness, vehicle safety, accident reconstruction, vehicle engineering, lightweight structures and materials, sled testing of structures and dummies

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 35 Geography, Soils, Sediment, Water Analysis, Ion Chromatography, Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Laser Particle Sizer, Spectrophotometer

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY (EAF) 36 Gas and liquid chromatography, metals analysis, wastewater analysis and water treatment technologies, soil analysis, microbiology and mycology, plant molecular biology, post harvest analytical techniques, environmental chemistry, membrane sciences, volatilesevaluation, algae growth and harvesting, small scale anaerobic digestion, complete gas handling system

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TECHNICIAN LED ‘’THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MIDLANDS EQUIPMENT SHARING INNOVATION (MI) PARTNERSHIP WAS BUILT ON ESTABLISHING HOW TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SHARE OUR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT. IT IS A Midlands Universities have delivered many world class I am encouraged by the fantastic engagement we have had NATURAL EVOLUTION THAT OUR TECHNICAL research impacts. Often these have required equipment, from our technical community in delivering this brochure. facilities and research infrastructure and frequently they have The range of submissions are diverse, from high-throughput STAFF BECOME THE DRIVING FORCE OF been enabled only through the work of highly skilled technical sequencing, to world leading solid state NMR and even testing specialists. The Technician Led Equipment Sharing project is for munitions! We very much envisage this brochure as a living THIS DUE TO THE VITAL KNOWLEDGE AND a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate what can be achieved document with regular updates, both to allow the addition by our technical specialists driving the equipment sharing of new facilities and also to keep the information current. EXPERIENCE WHICH THEY BRING. THIS WORK agenda across Midlands Innovation (MI). We are proud to host Lastly, I really encourage all colleagues across MI to take a TO EMPOWER TECHNICIAN-LED EQUIPMENT significant and sometimes unique facilities across MI. We are closer look at what is available and make contact to see how also cognisant that our expert technical teams are essential your research can make use of the knowledge and facilities SHARING WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN to maximising the potential of this resource, and by providing available. By sharing these resources, ultimately, we will access to both facilities and knowledge, they will greatly accelerate and add-value to the world-class research COLLABORATIONS ACROSS MI.’’ advance both basic research and realisation of impact. portfolio across MI which in turn will deliver impact that will benefit us all. We will build on the best practice already demonstrated DR HELEN TURNER, by our technical community over the next four years. The TALENT CO-LEAD AND Technician Led Equipment Sharing component of TALENT MIDLANDS INNOVATION DIRECTOR will have equipment showcases both virtually and at each institution, an equipment sharing fund to stimulate sharing by overcoming financial constraints, and this brochure to highlight the facilities and expertise researchers can access. We know this will be the catalyst for fostering new collaborations s across the whole of MI with colleagues from all partners being involved. Our work will increase the visibility of the expertise our technical specialists have, lead to greater recognition of the services provided and increase the sustainability of facilities at a time when finances are going to be under more pressure than ever before.

PROFESSOR SAM KINGMAN Chair of the Midlands Research Infrastructure Committee & Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham

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WISB FLOW CYTOMETRY AND UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM CELL SORTING FACILITY FLOW CYTOMETRY PLATFORM

Two cytometry instruments (one analyser and one sorter) with The Flow Cytometry platform at the University of Birmingham complementary laser (355, 405, 488, 561 and 640 nm) and filter supports flow cytometry and cell sorting across the University arrangements form part of the Warwick Integrative Synthetic of Birmingham. We provide a range of services from user Biology Research Technology Facility (WISB RTF). The suite training on standard self-service instruments, through to a includes a BD Fortessa Flow Cytometer with the potential for bespoke service of cell sorting. The platform has recently high-throughput analysis and a BD FACSAria Fusion Cell Sorter. expanded into the delivery of GCP level flow cytometry, in our dedicated GCP level laboratories within the ITM. The Flow The sorter is enclosed in a Class 2 biosafety cabinet providing Cytometry Unit is accessible to all current students and staff, operator and sample protection. It is possible to sort into tubes all UK academics and commercial organisations. or 96 well plates, including single cell sorting. A temperature control system can be used to optimise conditions for cell survival. The WISB RTF manager is happy to discuss the potential of using this equipment for your experiments.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Key Contact: Sarah Bennett Key Contact: Andrea Mitchell Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Telephone: 02476523927 KEYWORDS: Telephone: 0121 415 8013 Website: https://www.wisb-uow. Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/ Flow cytometry, FACS, cell sorting, BD, Fortessa, Fusion co.uk/technology-facilities/ Flow Cytometry, FACS, Sorting, GCP, Training colleges/mds/facilities/flow-cytometry.aspx Twitter: @WISB_SynBioCtre Facebook: Flowcytometry Bham

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY CYTOF SERVICE

The University of Nottingham Flow Cytometry Facility provides Mass Cytometry (CyTOF) service is a part of the Flow Cytometry a fully comprehensive Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Service platform at the University of Birmingham. Our available open to all research groups across the University, Midlands equipment is Helios™, a CyTOF® system which comprises the Innovation and, by agreement, to external parties. most recent advances in mass cytometry and is designed to provide a new and improved tool for bioanalytical single-cell We provide access to high end imaging and conventional flow detection and analysis through 135 channels. We provide cytometers as well as a full range of training and support support and a bespoke service to researchers at the University designed to make your flow cytometry experiments a success. of Birmingham and across the country to a GCP standard.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Key Contact: David Onion Email: [email protected] Key Contact: Andrea Mitchell KEYWORDS: Telephone: 0115 82 30740 KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/life-sciences/ Telephone: 1214158013 Flow, Cytometry, Flow Cytometry, FACS, Cell Sorting, Imaging Flow facilities/flow-cytometry-facility/index.aspx CyTOF, Helios, Mass CyTometry, metal isotype, Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/ Cytometry, IFC, CFC, Single Cell Cloning, Single Cell, Training Twitter: @UoNFCF University of Birmingham colleges/mds/facilities/flow-cytometry.aspx

8 9 CONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT (C3) FACILITY LIQUID HANDLING AND MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS

This facility provides a laboratory suite to work safely with Two robotic liquid handling platforms with integral devices ACDP Hazard Group 3 microorganisms. One facility contains (colony picker, plate reader, incubators, thermocycler, vacuum four individual laboratories with microbiological safety cabinets filtration system and heating/cooling/shaking plate holders) (MSC) in each where all bacterial or viral manipulation occurs and a high-throughput Microbioreactor are available for the and other equipment essential for working with microorganisms automation of high-throughput protocols; such as screening, and their safe storage. A second C3 Facility (located in the plate replication, DNA extractions, transformations and Pre-Clinical Research Facility) is fitted with bespoke MSCs and bioprocess optimisation. other specialized equipment to carry out work with murine of infection including aerosol. The equipment is part of the Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Research Technology Facility (WISB RTF) and in We provide training to staff and students to meet compliance addition, provides services as part of the Warwick Antimicrobial required to access this type of facility and assistance for Screening Facility. The WISB RTF manager is happy to discuss documentation, experimental procedure design and risk the potential of automating your applications. assessment. If you would like to know more about the facility, contact us at [email protected] UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Key Contact: Sarah Bennett Key Contact: Marialuisa Crosatti KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 02476523927 Telephone: 0116 373 6456 Automation, liquid handling, high throughput, Tecan, screening, Website: https://www.wisb-uow. Hazard Group 3 organisms, Models of infection, Small rodent, Website: https://www2.le.ac.uk/colleges/ Antimicrobial Screening, WISB, robotics, RoboLector, BioLector, co.uk/technology-facilities/ Specialist training, Risk assessment for C3 organisms medbiopsych/facilities-and-services/cbs/c3 microbioreactor, fermentations Twitter: @WISB_SynBioCtre

WARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL DEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SCREENING FACILITY SEQUENCING FACILITY

Antimicrobial screening is the first step of antimicrobial drug The sequencing facility offers research scientists access to discovery to identify suitable candidates against bacterial state of the art high-throughput sequencing technology. Our and fungal infections. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing experienced team of dedicated experimental scientists and ascertains the effectiveness of candidates against a panel of bioinformaticians offer support with experimental design, target organisms, such as the ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus library prep, sequencing and bioinformatics as required. Deep faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Seq houses the Illumina MiSeq and NextSeq500, which can Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and supply single or paired reads from 75 to 600 cycles. Enterobacter species), or custom selections of clinically or industrially relevant microorganisms. DeepSeq are experts in the long read Oxford NanoPore Technologies platforms, we house the MinION, GridION and Toxicity studies towards representative mammalian cell lines PromethION platforms. DeepSeq also runs the Bionano SaphyrII provide an initial assessment of suitability for clinical use and for optical mapping as well as the 10X Genomics Chromium can be used to narrow the pool of candidates to those that platform for single cell applications and work with groups on are selectively active against microbes.Risk assessment of 10X Genomics spatial transcriptomics projects. antimicrobial resistance generation evaluates the effective lifespan of a candidate drug. UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM KEYWORDS: Key Contact: John Moat KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Victoria Wright Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Drug discovery, Antimicrobial screening, Surface testing, Medical Telephone: 07795232881 Next generation sequencing, Illumina, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Telephone: 0115 82 30665 microbiology, Antimicrobial resistance, Medicine, Natural products, Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/amrscreening sequencing, single cell, optical mapping, bioinformatics, genomics, Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/deepseq/ Microbiology, Robotic screening LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/john-moat-23b6b979 transcriptomics, DNA, RNA, 10X Genomics, Bionano Twitter: @DeepSeqNotts

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NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STEMLAB AND ORGAN BATH BIOSUITE PHARMACOLOGY LABORATORY

The combined neuroelectrophysiology and organ bath The STEMLab BioSuite is a fully operational facility equipped pharmacology laboratory at Aston University provides staff for Biochemistry, molecular biology, and microbiology. and students with the ability to examine first-hand the effects Equipment includes FluoStar Omega plate readers, Flow of drugs on living brain slices (equipment pictured) or on a Cytometer, GelDoc and ChemiDoc Biorad imagers, optical variety of other organs, such as hearts, intestines, lungs, etc. microscopes, GeneSys spectro-photometers, bioreactors, The main purpose of the lab is to study the processes behind Biological Safety Cabinets in a purpose build cell culture lab. long-term potentiation (LTP) using hippocampal brain slices and probing the desired areas with microelectrodes. This facility is predominantly a teaching facility shared across Schools and their respective disciplines, such as Biology, Drugs can be administered in a controlled fashion to enhance, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering. reduced, or completely block neuronal signalling. Neurological With a vast array of technical support, we are happy to share conditions, such as epilepsy, can also be induced and examined. our expertise and knowledge. Further information, interest in the laboratory or to discuss training/advice can be discussed via the contact information.

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY ASTON UNIVERSITY Key Contact: Eleanor Braithwaite KEYWORDS: KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Key Contact: Dani Burrell (Neuroscience Technician) Telephone: 01509 228 461 Neuroelectrophysiology, Organ Bath Pharmacology, Long-Term Email: [email protected] Plate Readers; Bioscience; Microbiology; Tissue Culture; Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/ Potentiation (LTP), Microelectrodes, Neuronal Signalling, Epilepsy Telephone: 0121 204 3156 Spectrophotometry; Microscopy, flow cytometry study/stemlab/insidestemlab/

CENTRE FOR HUMAN LABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR BRAIN HEALTH INTERACTION ANALYSIS

It is an interdisciplinary brain research facility established with the Three individual instruments for the analysis of biomolecular mission of understanding what makes a brain healthy, how to maintain interactions form part of the Warwick Integrative Synthetic it, and how to prevent and reverse damage. The CHBH is at the forefront Biology Research Technology Facility (WISB RTF). The suite of understanding how the brain binds together separate processes and includes a Biacore T200 for Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), a allocates resources through the coordination of large-scale oscillatory Monolith NT.115 for Microscale Thermophoresis and a MicroCal activity, and in using these mechanisms to understand cognitive function. VP-ITC for Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. Our research facilities include the following: These instruments can be used to determine the affinity and binding kinetics of a ligand to its receptor. Examples of the - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) various bond types include protein-protein, protein-DNA, - Magnetoencephalography (MEG) receptor-drug, enzyme-substrate. The WISB RTF manager is - Electroencephalography (EEG) happy to discuss the potential of using this equipment for your biomolecular interaction analyses. - Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPM) - Functional near infrared (fNIRS) - Sleep labs UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK - Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Key Contact: Sarah Bennett Key Contact: Emily Loftus KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 02476523927 Telephone: 0121 414 6261 SPR, Biacore, ITC, MicroCal, Microscale thermophoresis, Website: https://www.wisb-uow. Brain, MRI, MEG, EEG, OPM, Fnirs, sleep lab, Non-invasive Website: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/ Monolith, biomolecular, WISB, affinity, kinetics, thermodynamics, co.uk/technology-facilities/ brain stimulation centre-for-human-brain-health protein-protein, label free Twitter: @WISB_SynBioCtre

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HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES MITOCHONDRIAL PROFILING CENTRE

Pharmaceutical equipment for the preparation and testing of Over the last two decades it has become increasingly important tablet formulations; Riva mini press (13mm flat faced punch), to identify and quantify changes in specific components that dissolution baths, disintergration baths, tablet hardness testers. constitute mitochondrial function for understanding relationships between bioenergetics and changes in a cells phenotype. At the Mitochondrial Profiling Centre, we provide a number of services to support state-of-the art high resolution respirometry and extracellular flux analysis to probe real-time functional measurements of mitochondrial and cellular bioenergetics in different biological samples including, isolated mitochondria, intact cells, permeabilized tissue and tissue homogenates.

ASTON UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM KEYWORDS: KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Christine Jakeman Key Contact: Jonathan Barlow Email: [email protected] Mitochondria, metabolism, oxygen consumption, oxidative Email: [email protected] Tablet preparation, tablet testing, dissolution testing Telephone: 01212043969 phosphorylation, high resolution respirometry, Seahorse Telephone: 7970411964 Website: https://www.aston.ac.uk/ Extracellular Flux Analysis, cells, tissue Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/mpc

SCHOOL OF SPORT, PLANT GROWTH FACILITY EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Ranked number 1 in the world QS world university rankings, Cranfield is home to a range of plant growth facilities for SSEHS has a worldwide reputation for advancing research experimental work involving plant physiology, plant phenotyping, and knowledge in medicine, cellular and molecular biology, plant-microbe interactions, and plant-soil interactions. nutrition, biomechanics, physiology, sport psychology and sport management. Here at Loughborough we have outstanding The facilities are home to a unique platform for assessing pilot facilities and world class equipment, such as sports equipment, scale crop-soil systems and sensor development, and include a 9m high, 300m2 Venlo glasshouse housing an overhead cortex and CareFusion online gas analysis, ECG, Hokanson and 2 Horiba blood cell counter. We are also home to the National LemnaTec sensor gantry; a 4m high, 230m Venlo glasshouse Centre for Sport Exercise and Medicine East Midlands. with three compartments, including thermal screens, roof vents, supplementary lighting, electric heating and automatic Our researchers are also able to access diagnostic imagery irrigation; and four 10.5m2 walk-in Weiss plant growth rooms such as, ultrasound, x-ray, dexa scan and MRI. Technical staff with temperature (15-35°C), relative humidity (60-95%) and support teaching and research across different sectors, almost supplementary CO2 and LED lighting. all technical staff are trained in phlebotomy. We are happy to discuss any support and / or equipment queries. CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY Key Contact: Ceri Dawson Email: [email protected] LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS: Telephone: 01234 750111 ext. 5666 Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/ KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Clare Smith (Laboratory assistant (NCSEM)) Plant growth, soil-crop systems, plant and root phenotyping, facilities/plant-growth-facility Email: [email protected] pre-harvest, post-harvest, crop monitoring, climate change studies, Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/ Blood Cell Counter, Dexa Scan, Mri, Ultrasound, Cortex And Telephone: 01509 228225 seed technology, crop establishment, agrochemicals, biostimulants, school/cranfield-university/ Carefusion Gas Analysis-Hokanson Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ssehs/ biopesticides Twitter: @CranfieldUni

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PHENOME CENTRE LEICESTER INSTITUTE BIRMINGHAM OF STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Phenome Centre Birmingham offers a complete collaborative service to The Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology was created academic, industry, and government partners, providing expertise and advice in 2016 to bring together established strengths in structural biology, in metabolic phenotyping studies from conception and experimental design chemical biology and single-molecule research from across the Colleges. through data acquisition to data analysis and biological interpretation. The high field NMR spectrometers in the institute enable superior levels Phenome Centre Birmingham conducts metabolic phenotyping studies with of sensitivity and resolution. We are one of the few centres to combine the following objectives: both solution and solid state NMR to answer biological questions. Solution–state NMR allows the study of protein structure and dynamics - To understand molecular mechanisms associated with human ageing, under physiological conditions, whereas solid-state NMR alleviates disease onset and progression. molecular weight limitations allowing the study of high molecular - To identify metabolic biomarkers for stratification of the human weight complexes or of proteins embedded in lipid bilayers. population to be applied in risk stratification of developing a specific disease, in diagnosis of a disease, in defining progression or remission For further information about the facility please contact us. from a disease, and in the identification of responders and non-responders to nutritional, exercise or drug interventions. - To understand molecular mechanisms and identify metabolic markers associated with human toxicology. UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Key Contact: Warwick Dunn Key Contact: Fred Muskett KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0121 414 5458 Telephone: 0116 2297096 Metabolics, biomarkers Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ Biological NMR spectroscopy, Protein-protein interactions, Website: https://le.ac.uk/liscb research/activity/phenome-centre Protein-ligand interactions, Protein dynamics Facebook: @UniofLeicester

BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH PROTEIN EXPRESSION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FACILITY (PEF)

The Warwick Bioinformatics RTP provides access to the The PEF acts as a focal point for advice about all aspects of computational skills and expertise required for accurate recombinant protein production in Bacterial, S2 and Mammalian interpretation of data from high-throughput biomedical experiments. cells. The variety of proteins currently produced are used in a wide range of downstream applications and the PEF aims to be responsive Our team provides assistance across a broad range of data types to customer needs where possible. The PEF resides within a and platforms and at all stages of the experimental procedure; from designated, fully-equipped laboratory suite and provides a central consultation on experimental design, through the implementation of location to undertake recombinant protein expression within a cutting edge data analysis pipelines and interpretation, to delivering dedicated space. We provide a range of expression and purification results as figures and as interactive web tools. Please contact us to services or training which can be commissioned at any time. Current discuss how we can help with your research. activities are distributed across the Birmingham campus research community, but the PEF welcomes collaboration with Midlands Innovation and external companies.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Sascha Ott, Richard Stark Key Contact: Jamie Webster Bioinformatics Computational Biology Data Analysis Nucleotide Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Sequencing Big Data High Capacity Computing Programming genomics, Telephone: 024 761 50258 / 024 765 74266 Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 9266 metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, single cell sequencing Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/ Recombinant protein production, purification services, training Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/ technologies, sequence assembly, regulatory sequence analysis research/rtp/bioinformatics/ colleges/mds/facilities/protein-expression-facility.aspx

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PROTEOMICS RESEARCH ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES

The Proteomics RTP provides service to researchers seeking to A Spinning Disk Confocal Laser Microscope and two identify and quantify proteins and their modifications. The analysis Widefield Fluorescence Microscopes (Nikon/Andor) of protein mixtures from gel slices, co-immunoprecipitations form part of the Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology or enrichments is routine and we can identify several thousand Research Technology Facility (WISB RTF). proteins in complex samples such as, cell lysates and tissue extracts. The three systems are set up to enable time-lapse You will find support from an enthusiastic team to help with imaging over multiple days; with environment control scientific discussion, experimental design, sample preparation, chambers controlling heat and CO2 levels, a perfect focus analysis of data and provision of training. Orbitrap Fusion with system to deal with focus drift and a motorised stage. The UltiMate 3000 RSLCnano System WISB RTF manager is happy to discuss the potential of using these microscopes for your experiments. • Identify and Quantify unknowns from complex mixtures using LC-MS Quantiva triple quadrupole with UltiMate 3000 RSLCnano System • Validate targets generated from analysis of complex mixtures using LC-MS. UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Key Contact: Dr Andrew Bottrill Key Contact: Sarah Bennett KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 02476 574182 KEYWORDS: Telephone: 02476523927 Proteomics, mass spectrometry, identification, quantification, Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/ Website: https://www.wisb-uow. post-translational modification, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, peptide, protein, lifesci/research/facilities/proteomics/ Fluorescence, Spinning Disk, Confocal, microscopy, WISB, co.uk/technology-facilities/ phosphorylation, validation Twitter: @RTP_Warwick Time-lapse, Nikon, Andor, Imaging Twitter: @WISB_SynBioCtre

ADVANCED MASS BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED SPECTROMETRY FACILITY AT THE LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

The Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility (AMSF) supports Located in the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham, the medical and biological research with cutting edge proteomics, Birmingham Advanced Light Microscopy (BALM) facility provides state native mass spectrometry, and imaging mass spec. of the art imaging equipment and techniques for the medical, life and environmental sciences. BALM offers a range of services from user training Using state-of-the-art high resolution mass spectrometry on standard equipment through collaborative microscopy experiments, (including the first Thermo Lumos-Eclipse in a UK research assisted sessions and imaging analysis. Advanced fluorescence imaging facility), we provide cutting edge top-down and bottom- systems (including Confocal, TIRF, SIM and widefield), are routinely used for up proteomics, identification of protein-protein and high resolution imaging of samples ranging between microbacteria, biofilms, protein-ligand interactions, PTM analysis, and native mass cancer cells, drosophila, zebrafish, Arabidopsis and more. spectrometry services. Together with other two sisters facilities (Technology Hub and COMPARE), Additionally, we are involved with the development of high BALM is part of the Imaging Suite, a cross college group of imaging facilities sensitivity mass spectral imaging techniques and continue accessible to all internal and external (commercial and academic). All the to apply our expertise in instrument development to imaging specialists are available to discuss microscopy experiments at all expanding the range of capabilities for both our collaborating levels, preliminary data acquisition, grant submissions advices, costing and UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM researchers and clients. any other questions on equipment and techniques. Key Contact: Dr. Alessandro Di Maio (BALM imaging specialist) UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Other Contact: Dr. Andrea Mitchell (Technical KEYWORDS: Lead for Imaging and Flow Cytometry) KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Todd Mize Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Life and environmental sciences, Medical and Dental sciences, Fluorescent Telephone: 0121 414 5398 Proteomics, mass spectrometry, identification, post-translational Website: www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/ Light microscopy, Confocal (LCS) microscopy, TIRF, Structure Illumination, Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ modification, peptide, protein advanced-mass-spectrometry High throughput imaging, imaging analysis, trainings, microscopy facilities/balm/index.aspxhs/

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WARWICK LATTICE COMPARE LIGHT SHEET

Our Wellcome-funded 3i Lattice LightSheet facility is open at The Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE) is a the University of Warwick. Six weeks per year are available multidisciplinary research centre that crosses the Universities of for visiting researchers and ongoing collaborations are Birmingham and Nottingham. COMPARE researchers use cutting welcome. The instrument uses a very thin, structured sheet edge technology, including advanced microscopy, to identify new of light to rapidly collect 4D movies of living cells. approaches for prevention and treatment of chronic conditions such as cardiovascular, metabolic diseases and cancer. At the Due to the thinness of the sheet, photo-bleaching and core of COMPARE is our advanced imaging facility, which is home photo-damage are minimised allowing capture of hundreds to multiple commercial and custom built microscopes together of image planes in a second and visualisation of dynamic with advanced tools for computational analysis. We provide processes inside cells in unprecedented detail. access, support and training in all our of technology including Our instrument is usually run in dithered mode giving super-resolution microscopy, single-particle tracking, light resolution of up to 230 x 230 x 370 nm (x x y x z) with 62.5x sheet microscopy, fluorescent correlation spectroscopy, FRET, magnification and an imaging depth up to 50 µm. The photometry and label-free imaging. system has 4 laser-lines and two cameras allowing truly simultaneous imaging. UNIVERSITIES OF BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK AND NOTTINGHAM Key Contact: Helena Coker Key Contact: Deirdre Kavanagh (Birmingham) Email: [email protected] Other Contact: Joelle Goulding (Nottingham) KEYWORDS: Telephone: 024761 51934 KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/ Telephone: 0121 414 3325 CAMDU, Warwick, LLSM, Lattice, LightSheet, Microscopy, Light, camdu/microscopes/lattice/ Fluorescence, Microscopy, Super-Resolution, SIM, SMLM, STED, Website: https://www.birmingham- Sheet, Live Cell, Dynamics Twitter: @WarwickCAMDU Light-Sheet, Lattice, SPIM, FRET, Photometry, TIRFM, image analysis nottingham.ac.uk/compare/

SLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE TECHNOLOGY HUB IMAGING SCIENCE IMAGING FACILITY, COLLEGE OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES

SLIM provides access to state-of-the-art microscopy from wide field, confocal, The Technology Hub Imaging Facility provides a diverse portfolio super resolution to electron microscopy supported by a team of 5 talented of imaging platforms including two point scanning confocal imaging specialists with a combined 100+ years expertise in microscopy, microscopes, an LSM780 and LSM880, both of which are equipped image-analysis and sample-preparation. for live cell imaging and time-lapse. The LSM880 is capable of fast super resolution imaging via the Airyscan detector. The creation The team are all Associate Fellows of the HEA and are very active in teaching of virtual slides through imaging of whole tissue mounts can be imaging theory and image analysis. The facility is available for collaborative achieved with the AxioScanZ.1 Slide Scanner using Histology, and service work both within University of Nottingham and externally. IHC and fluorescent stained samples. The PALM MicroBeam Laser Technology: Confocal Super resolution: STORM, PALM, SIM, STED TIRF Capture Micro-Dissection is the perfect precursor for proteomics High Content Imaging Label Free Microscopy FCS Luminescence Wide Field studies. Microscope access is via training using a blend of virtual Histology and sample processing Electron Microscopy Teaching: Workshops and in-person resources with independent booking rights granted. in imaging theory, post processing and image analysis.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Key Contact: Tim Self Key Contact: Rob Shaw Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Telephone: 0115 8230090 KEYWORDS: Telephone: 0121 414 9072 Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ Website: https://www.birmingham. Microscopy, Imaging, analysis, confocal, electron microscopy, histology life-sciences/facilities/slim/index.aspx Imaging Suite, Laser scanning, Wide field fluorescence microscopy, ac.uk/university/colleges/mds/facilities/ Twitter: @SLIM_Nottingham Live cell imaging, Slide scanning, Lightsheet microscopy technology-hub/imaging-facility.aspx

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CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY MIDLANDS REGIONAL SERVICES ELECTRON CRYO-EM FACILITY MICROSCOPY FACILITY

The EMF offers preparation, imaging and analysis of The Midlands Regional Cryo-EM Facility hosted at the Leicester Institute for biological samples for EM. The facility houses a TEM, SEM, Structural and Chemical Biology. Our Thermo Fisher Titan Krios G3 offers ultramicrotomes, coating unit, critical point dryer and wetlab. structural biologists the ability to answer important biological questions Staff are experienced in techniques including negative staining, by providing a complete workflow from sample to structure. The Krios is ultramicrotomy, immunogold labelling and SEM sample equipped with a Falcon 3 EC and K3 direct electron detectors and a Volta preparation and offer sample prep and advice for Correlative Phase Plate. This has yielded 3D reconstructions of 1.9Å on user projects Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) and 3D-EM (SBFSEM). and 1.7Å on ideal test specimens. Samples include viruses, proteins, nanoparticles, bacteria, Researchers can access equipment and support to complete a Cryo- cell cultures, tissues and model organisms and staff have EM project using either Single Particle Analysis (SPA) or Cryo-Electron experience with clinical biopsies, forensic material and CII & Tomography (Cryo-ET) and microscope access can be done on a completely CIII hazardous organisms. EMF staff are happy to discuss either remote basis or on site. We offer sample vitrificaton using either the industry a brief service or longer collaborative arrangements. Regular standard Thermo Fisher Vitrobot or a custom-made plunger with single- users are offered training. sided blotting and glow-discharging apparatus. Our High Performance Image Processing Facility completes the sample to structure workflow. UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Key Contact: Natalie Allcock UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0116 2523370 KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Christos Savva Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Scanning Electron Website: www.le.ac.uk/cbs-em Email: [email protected] Microscopy, SEM, Ultramicrotomy, Critical Point Drying, Negative Twitter: @bioem_leicester Cryo-TEM, transmission electron microscopy, biological samples, Telephone: 0116 229 7109 staining, Immunolabelling, CLEM, Biological sample preparation Instagram: @bioem_leicester structure, single particle analysis, tomography Website: www.leicester.ac.uk/cryoem

ADVANCED THIN SECTION BIOIMAGING RTP LABORATORY

With two transmission electron microscopes and a range of The thin section labs have a range of cutting, mounting, sectioning preparatory equipment, the Advanced Bioimaging RTP at the and polishing equipment and resins to process a variety of materials. University of Warwick can analyse many different types of samples for various properties. We specialise in the analysis of biological samples Our laboratories offer standard and non-standard-sized polished from proteins, viruses and bacteriophage to the ultrastructure of thin sections and blocks for use in light and electron microscopy. cells, with techniques such as resin embedding and cryo-TEM. These methods also translate well to soft materials such as nanoparticles, vesicles, liposomes, where membrane thickness, particle size and general morphological characterisation are common requests. We are always happy to discuss projects so please contact us if you have any questions.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Key Contact: Dr Saskia Bakker KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Key Contact: Annika Burns Telephone: 02476574095 KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Cryo-TEM, transmission electron microscopy, biological samples, Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/ Telephone: 0116 252 3792 cellular ultrastructure, nanoparticles, size measurements, negative research/bioimaging/whatwecando/ Thin sections, micromorphology, polished blocks Website: https://le.ac.uk/gge/services- stain, ultrathin sectioning Twitter: @strucbiowarwick for-business/facilities

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ROCK PREPARATION AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY THIN SECTIONING FACILITY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

The Rock Preparation and Thin Sectioning Facility houses The Electron Microscopy suite at the University of Warwick cutting, drilling, crushing, powdering, polishing, sectioning is a Research Technology Platform primarily for materials and mounting equipment, capable of preparing a broad research, with particular emphasis on organic and inorganic range of geological materials. The Facility offers preparation semiconductors, functional ceramics, oxides, molecular of standard/polished thin sections in a range of sizes and electronic systems, two dimensional materials and nanotubes. mounting (resin/stub) of fine material for transmitted light/ electron microscopy. Additionally, the Facility offers core The RTP contains a wide range of microscopes including: 2 drilling of samples for palaeomagnetic analysis. high resolution scanning electron microscopes; Focused Ion Beam scanning electron microscope; 3 transmission electron microscopes from simple imaging and analysis to acquiring atomic resolution images and EDX /EELS analysis and 2 state-of-the-art scanning probe microscopes. Work can be performed by the RTP staff or we can provide training for self-use of equipment to provide maximum flexibility.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Key Contact: Steve York UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Telephone: 02476523391 Key Contact: Daniel Cox Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Scanning Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/ Thin sections, Polished blocks, Stubs, Core drilling Email: [email protected] Transmission Electron Microscopy, STEM, Scanning Electron Microscopy, research/condensedmatt/microscopy/em-rtp/ Telephone: 0121 414 3619 SEM, Focused Ion Beam SEM Twitter: @RTP_Warwick

THE NANOSCALE AND ANALYTICAL SCANNING MICROSCALE RESEARCH ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND CENTRE (NMRC) AUTOMATED MINERALOGY

The nmRC is an interdisciplinary facility at the University of Nottingham, The ZEISS Sigma 300 Analytical Scanning Electron dedicated to materials imaging and analysis, from microns to atoms, Microscope (SEM) joins a suite of other electron microscopes open to businesses and research organisations alike. With state-of-the- as part of the University of Leicester’s Advanced Microscopy art facilities allied to in-house technical and academic expertise, the Facility. The instrument is capable of supporting a wide Centre offers a diverse range of research and commercial capabilities. range of research applications and hosts a multitude of analytical detectors comprising two energy dispersive X-Ray We host a suite of over 20 instruments to facilitate imaging/analytical spectrometers (EDS), a wave length dispersive spectrometer investigation of materials including: Scanning and Transmission (WDS) and micro-XRF capabilities. Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM), Focused Ion Beam SEM, Cryo- EM, Raman, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Nanocluster This allows for a combination of high resolution imagery Fabrication, Electron Beam Lithography, ToF-SIMS with hybrid OrbiTrap with accurate and precise major and trace element chemical functionality, Electron Microprobe Analysis and Particle sizing. characterisation. This is specifically utilised in the automated analysis of materials particularly for mining and economic geology applications; including quantitative mineral phase identifications and proportions, element deportment and textural phase associations. UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Key Contact: Craig Stoppiello Key Contact: Dr Tom Knott KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0115 748 6340 Telephone: 0116 252 3649 Nanomaterials, Surface Analysis, Imaging, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/NMRC/ Scanning Electron Microscopy, EDS, WDS, micro-XRF, Automated Website: https://www2.le.ac.uk/ Engineering, TEM, SEM, XPS, Raman, CryoEM Lithography, OrbiSIMS Twitter: @UoNnmRC Mineralogy, Imaging, Materials colleges/scieng/research/lanser

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WMG ELECTRON X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY SUITE SPECTROMETRY FACILITY (XRF)

The EMS@WMG is a department-centralised research platform, XRF is an analytical technique used to determine the elemental offering a range of advanced materials characterisation tools for composition of materials. The facility includes a fully equipped users within WMG, the University and beyond. sample preparation laboratory with powder pellet press, automated 4 position gas fusion bead maker, furnaces, drying ovens and It has complementary facilities to the other electron microscopy analytical balances supported by a crushing and milling facility. centres at Warwick and specialises in particular on the analysis of steels (full through the length scale chemical and crystallographic Our instrument laboratory consists of a WD-XRF which is used for the analysis) and battery materials (full airless transfer work flow). quantitative and qualitative analyses of samples to a high degree of precision and repeatability with concentrations down to 1ppm for The suite has 2 FEG-SEMs (with EDS, EBSD, WDS and various insitu some elements. There is also a handheld ED-XRF with a portable work mechanical stages), 2 dualbeam FIB-SEMs (with EBSD and SIMS) station for rapid analysis of samples, both lab based and in the field. and a Talos (S)TEM equipped with large angle EDS and Nanomegas PED. Other facilities include nanoindentation (with high and low temperature capabilities), Alicona IFM and micro-XRF.

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Lin Marvin Key Contact: Geoff West KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Scanning Electron Microscopy, Focused Ion Beam, (Scanning) / Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0116 2523817 Transmission Electron Microscopy, Precession Electron Diffraction, Telephone: 02476 573501 X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer, pXRF, powder pellets, fusion Website: https://le.ac.uk/gge/services- X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Nanoindentation Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/ beads, analytical balances, furnaces, drying ovens for-business/facilities

KEELE UNIVERSITY CENTRAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT RTP

The central Electron Microscope Unit houses two JEOL transmission The X-ray diffraction RTP offers state-of-the-art X-ray scattering services, electron microscopes (TEM) and a Hitachi S4500 cold field emission primarily for material research. It is headed by the academic director, scanning electron microscope (FESEM). Professor Richard Walton and the facility manager, Dr David Walker. Our The high contrast, JEOL1230 TEM is ideal for biological electron team are highly knowledgeable and have multi-disciplined expertise. microscopy of ultrathin sections, although it has also been used for The RTP has powder XRD, high-resolution XRD, single-crystal XRD for magnetic nanoparticle and viral characterisation by negative staining, small molecule structural solution and a WDXRF system for elemental providing a simple approach to evaluate samples before imaging on analysis from B-U. A dedicated SAXS instrument is available for polymer high-end cryo-TEMs. The JEOL100CX has X-ray microanalysis attachment / nanomaterial research including liquid dispersed nanoparticles, gels, designed primarily for semi-thin section elemental analysis and mapping. powders and thin films (GISAXS). A wide range of services are available, The SEM is used for high resolution imaging, achieving better than 1.5 including phase ID, structural determination, lattice parameter nm resolution at 5 kV. It has been used for publications in high ranking determination, in-situ diffraction and more. journals and world leading textbooks such as Gray’s Anatomy. Example work includes biosynthetic materials and prostheses, microfossils and a wide range of biological samples.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK KEELE UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS: KEYWORDS: Key Contact: David Walker Key Contact: Simon Holborn X-ray Diffraction, XRD, SAXS, XRF, High-resolution, Scattering, Email: [email protected] Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Email: [email protected] powder XRD, Structural solution, nanomaterials, reflectivity, stress, Telephone: 024 76151299 Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM Website: https://www.keele.ac.uk/emunit/ texture, GISAXS, non-ambient Website: www.warwick.ac.uk/go/x-ray

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CHEMISTRY X-RAY (LA)-ICP-MS CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

The School of Chemistry X-ray Crystallography Laboratory We operate a Thermo Scientific iCAP-Qc quadrupole ICP mass possesses five single crystal X-ray diffractometers and one spectrometer, for high-sensitivity measurement of trace powder X-ray diffractometer. Researchers within the School elements and isotope ratios in solutions and via laser ablation. of Chemistry can be trained to use the instruments whilst the Crystal Structure Service staff collect and analyse data for Solutions: Sample introduction is via a Cetac ASX-520 external users. AutoSampler, for analysis of chemically digested samples in an aqueous 2% nitric acid matrix. The single crystal diffractometers are equipped with CryoStreams for data collections in the temperature range Laser Ablation: Sample introduction is via a New Wave 80-500 K. The laboratory also possesses a Malvern PANalytical Research-ESI 213nm laser unit, fitted with a two-volume Xpert PRO powder diffractometer (Cu Ka1 monochromated ablation cell for in-situ analysis of a range of geological, source) setup to measure data in reflection mode (Bragg- engineering and archaeological materials. Brentano geometry) or in capillary mode. The powder diffractometer has an automatic sample changer for high throughput analyses. UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Key Contact: Stephen Argent Email: [email protected] Key Contact: Adam Cox KEYWORDS: Telephone: 0115 7484065 KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/ Telephone: 0116 2523625 Crystallography, X-ray diffraction, single crystal, powder crystal research/research-infrastructure.aspx LA-ICP-MS, ICP-MS, laser, Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Website: https://le.ac.uk/gge/services- Twitter: @NottsChemistry trace elemental analysis for-business/facilities

WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY FACILITY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY

The Warwick Photoemission Facility provides advanced surface analysis We provide mass spectrometry and chromatography services via x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron to support synthesis and general analytical problem solving. spectroscopy (UPS), angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) and low We run a suite of instruments with a wide variety of available energy electron diffraction (LEED). These techniques provide high ion-sources including ESI, APCI, MALDI, EI,CI, FD and FI precision composition, chemical state and electronic analysis of the ionisation techniques with GC-MS and LC-MS and solid probe surfaces of solid materials. inlets available. The Facility has two modern spectrometers available and can be a Equipment/Techniques Available: 1. Bruker ESI-TOF MicroTOF useful tool in research across the full spectrum of the sciences, including II open access high-res mass spectrometer 2. Bruker Impact II nanoparticles, biocatalysis, semiconductors, polymers, plastics, ultra-high resolution mass spectrometer UHPLC 3. photovoltaics, coatings, batteries, metallics, pharmaceuticals and more. Regular users can request hands on training both for using the Jeol AccuTOF GCX (TOF-MS) accurate mass GC-MS with range equipment and interpreting their data. of solid probes 4. Thermo single quad ITQ with Trace 1300 GC- MS with headspace sampler 5. Bruker Ultraflex III MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer.

KEYWORDS: UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, XPS, Ultraviolet Photoelectron Key Contact: Dr Marc Walker KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Ben Pointer-Gleadhill Spectroscopy, UPS, Surface Analysis, Surface Science, Surface Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Chemistry, Composition Analysis, Materials, Angle-Resolved Telephone: 02476 151776 Mass spectrometry, LC-MS, accurate mass, GC-MS, HPLC, MALDI, Telephone: 07896807334 Photoemission, ARPES, Low Energy Electron Diffraction, LEED Website: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/XPS electron ionisation Website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/analytical

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VOC AND GAS NOTTINGHAM DNP ANALYSIS FACILITY MAS NMR FACILITY

The facility houses a range of instruments for the analysis of The DNP MAS NMR facility is the first and only commercial facility gases and vapours emanating of a range of sources including of its kind in the UK, established at the University of Nottingham food and drink, agriculture, manufactured parts and in 2015. The facility is open to external users and an application biological samples (from humans or animals). scheme makes it possible for users to apply for instrument time either for feasibility studies (pilot studies) or for full research Capacity is available to test a large number of samples, as projects through paid access. well as being able to test more challenging form factors. The state-of-the-art technique increases the sensitivity of normal The facility including three different electronic noses solid-state NMR by orders of magnitude and gives a unique insight (instruments that replicate the biological olfactory system) into structures of a wide range of molecules covering energy in both a fixed laboratory and handheld formats, three materials, catalysts, biomolecules, porous materials among others. FAIMS machines (including an autosampled version) and three GC-IMS instruments (autosampled and direct analysis). We can give advise on the feasibility of experiments and can provide support for project design and planning, sample We also have ATD-GC-TOF-MS for chemical identification and preparation, and data analysis. other portable gas analysers for off-site measurements.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM Key Contact: James Covington KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Subhradip Paul KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 07876877899 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, Telephone: 0115 7486278 Electronic nose, Machine olfaction, gas analysis, VOC analysis, GC-MS, Website: www.warwick.ac.uk/go/BSL Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry, Structural Studies, Catalysts, Website: https://www.nottingham. headspace analysis, Portable VOC measurements Twitter: @WarwickEngineer Energy materials, Biomolecules ac.uk/dnpnmr/home.aspx

UK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE POLYMER CHARACTERISATION NMR FACILITY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

The NMR National Research Facility (funded by EPSRC We are a polymer and materials characterisation facility based at and BBRSC) hosted at Warwick is based around an the university of Warwick that exist to support research internally existing 850 MHz solid-state NMR spectrometer enabling and externally. Our facility contains ~30 instruments that cover a applications across the physical and life science, including variety of polymer analysis needs. Our main specialities are GPC/ battery technology and energy materials, catalysts, SEC, thermal analysis (DSC, TGA, DMA) and particle sizing, however, pharmaceuticals, plant cell wall physiology and protein many more instruments are available, including HPLC, GC and FTIR. structural biology. We offer many forms of service from single sample to bespoke The UK's first 1 GHz solid-state NMR spectrometer is design of analytical experiments. This includes discussions to expected to be installed later in 2020. There are other solid- help devise the best course of action with respect to analytical state NMR instruments located at Warwick, outside the challenges. We also offer some bespoke synthesis requests. National Research Facility, from 100 to 700 MHz, with a large array of probes for magic angle spinning (up to 111 kHz spinning frequency) as well as static NMR and DOR. UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Key Contact: Daniel Lester UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Telephone: 02476574147 KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Dinu Iuga (NRF Technical Director) Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/ris/ Email: [email protected] GPC, SEC, Gel Permeation Chromatography, Size Exclusion impactinnovation/impact/warwick-scientific- Solid-state NMR, Magic Angle Spinning (MAS), battery technology, Telephone: 024761 50814 Chromatography, Polymer Analysis, Polymer Characterisation, services/polymercharacterisation pharmaceuticals, plant cell wall physiology, protein structural biology Website: warwick.ac.uk/go/850mhz TGA, DSC, DMA, Thermal Analysis, Materials Testing Twitter: @Polymer_RTP

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MICRO-FOCUS SPECTROSCOPY RTP X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AT WMG

The Micro-focus XCT facility provides high-resolution X-ray The Spectroscopy RTP offers state of the art capabilities in CT scanning capabilities to enable the 3D imaging of a wide Raman, photoluminescence (PL), optical absorption (UV-Vis range of materials and geometries. and FT-IR) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. Diffraction Located in the Centre for Imaging, Metrology and Additive limited imaging is available for Raman, PL and FT-IR. Technologies (CiMAT) at WMG, and part of the EPSRC Individually or in combination these spectroscopic techniques National Research Facility for X-ray Computed Tomography, is able to offer a non-destructive route for the identification our facility has four CT scanners, ranging from a high power/ and characterisation of a wide range of materials. high penetration system capable of scanning large metallic objects (e.g automotive engines and electric drive units), The facility can offer variable temperature experiments from through to a lab grade ultra-high resolution system, capable 4 K to 1500 K across most techniques and provide bespoke of achieving resolutions of a few hundred nanometres, and experiments to meet specific needs. a high speed CT system capable of 4D imaging of samples in Data can be either collected on your behalf and analysed dynamic states (eg under load in compression rigs). using specialist analysis packages by the facility staff; or for regular users hands on training can be provided.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Key Contact: Alex Attridge Key Contact: Ben Breeze KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 07887 682065 Telephone: 02476 572 862 X-ray Computed Tomography, NDT, Micro-focus XCT, High-power XCT, Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/ Optical Spectroscopy, Raman, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Electron Paramagnetic Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/research/rtp/spectroscopy In-situ scanning, Material characterisation, Digital imaging research/materials/metrology/about/ct/ resonance EPR, Photoluminescence, Materials, Imaging Twitter: @RTP_Warwick

WARWICK CENTRE FOR WARWICK LASER ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY MICROMACHINING

The Warwick Centre for Ultrafast Spectroscopy (WCUS) provides Our laser machining facility consists of two Oxford a suite of spectroscopic techniques that examine how materials Lasers systems: the E-Series (34 ns, 355 nm Nd:YAG) and respond after absorbing light on femtosecond (10^-15 s) timescales. the A-Series (15 ns, 532 nm Nd:YAG), both fitted with Our state-of-the-art laser experiments can probe electronic and high-resolution CNC stages. structural dynamics using ultraviolet (>235 nm) through to infrared These systems are capable of drilling, cutting and milling (<20 microns) light as well as in the terahertz regime. a wide variety of materials with high precision. Macro/ The techniques have been used to study light activated prodrugs micrometer scale features can be machined in metals, and sunscreens, as well as electron mobility, phase dynamics plastics, composites, wafers, diamond. and beyond in novel materials (eg semiconductors, organic Applications include: sectioning wafers; cutting thin electronics). “Steady-state” UV/visible/IR/THz absorption as well as metal sheets; milling surface features; mask fabrication; photoluminescence techniques, allow us to fingerprint molecules machining complex geometries; surface roughening; before delving deeper with ultrafast study. materials that are difficult to machine by other methods.

KEYWORDS: UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK KEYWORDS: Ultrafast spectroscopy, terahertz spectroscopy, semiconductors, Key Contact: Michael Staniforth Key Contact: Claire Hurley quantum materials, photostability, prodrugs and nanomedicine, Email: [email protected] Laser Micromachining, Drilling, Milling, Cutting, Composites, Email: [email protected] infrared spectrsocopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, transient absorption Telephone: 02476 151013 Polymers, Metal, Diamond, Mask Fabrication, Complex Geometries, Telephone: 024 7652 4603 spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy Website: go.warwick.ac.uk/wcus Surface Roughening Website: warwick.ac.uk/micromachining

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MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT CRANFIELD IMPACT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CENTRE (CIC) INNOVATION (MUEAVI)

MUEAVI is a £9 million ‘smart’ roadway test environment for CIC is one of just two FIA (Federation Internationale de the development of intelligent and autonomous vehicles (on l’Automobile) approved test centres in the world, used for and off highway, ground and airborne solutions), the first of crash-testing Formula One cars. its kind in the UK next to an airport and within the controlled setting of a university campus. It is an internationally respected facility with expertise in vehicle crashworthiness and occupant simulation, conducting It includes the associated systems needed to integrate leading research that provides highly effective solutions. emerging technologies into our day-to-day lives, encompassing vehicles, infrastructure, data, logistics, environment, sensors CIC is also an approved consultancy by the Vehicle and their implementation and management. Certification Agency (VCA) for both EC Regulation R66 coach rollover Type Approval and R80 and can be used for sled In the middle of the facility, within the Intelligent Mobility deceleration testing of structures and dummies, moment of Engineering Centre (IMEC), there are vehicle workshops, inertia and centre of gravity measurement and finite element vehicle electrification, autonomous vehicle, simulation, modelling of accident reconstruction. CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY mechatronics and control systems laboratories. CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY Key Contact: James Watson - Cranfield Impact Key Contact: Simon Stranks - Specialist Centre Manager Technician for MUEAVI facility Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01234 754149 Telephone: 01234 754675 or 754674 KEYWORDS: Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/ Intelligent and autonomous vehicles, mechatronics, simulation, Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/facilities/mueavi facilities/cranfield-impact-centre intelligent mobility, urban and off-road environment, test track, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ Crash and impact testing, crashworthiness, vehicle safety, accident LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ infrastructure sensor development, traffic, instrumented vehicles, school/cranfield-university/ reconstruction, vehicle engineering, lightweight structures and school/cranfield-university/ advanced vehicle engineering, emerging technologies Twitter: @CranfieldUni materials, sled testing of structures and dummies Twitter: @CranfieldUni

AEROSPACE INTEGRATION GEOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH CENTRE (AIRC) ENVIRONMENT

The AIRC fosters collaboration between industry and academia The analytical laboratory within Geography and Environment and provides capabilities comparable with the leading aerospace at Loughborough University is equipped for the quantitative facilities across Europe and the world. assessment of chemical and physical properties of water, soils and sediments from fluvial, glacial and aeolian environments. One of the AIRC’s unique features is its focus on integration, where new aerospace technologies are rapidly developed and tested for Equipment includes: Ion Chromatograph (IC) Total Organic current and future aircraft and airspace concepts. Carbon (TOC) Analyser Laser Particle Sizer UV-Visible Spectrophotometer Freeze Drier Muffle Furnaces This facility is This is supported by centre-based facilities including our predominantly research based with technical staff supporting visualisation screens, flight simulators and air traffic management both teaching and research across a range of disciplines. simulator which enable the development time from idea to implementation to be shortened. For further information, queries or support please refer to our contact information. We have laboratories dedicated to aerial autonomous vehicles and engineering photonics and our 1500m2 open space laboratory enables research on full-scale aircraft and components. CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY Key Contact: James Fowler - Senior Technical Officer Email: [email protected] LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY Telephone: 01234 750111 ext: 5180 KEYWORDS: Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/centres/ Key Contact: Sarah Wappat aerospace-integration-research-centre KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] Aerospace technologies and integration, aircraft, airspace, flight LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ Telephone: 01509 222263 simulators, air traffic management, air transportation, unmanned school/cranfield-university/ Geography, Soils, Sediment, Water Analysis, Ion Chromatography, Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/ aerial vehicles, engineering photonics, intelligent automation Twitter: @CranfieldUni Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Laser Particle Sizer, Spectrophotometer geography-environment/facilities/

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ENVIRONMENTAL NATIONAL RESEARCH ANALYTICAL FACILITY FACILITY FOR WATER AND (EAF) WASTEWATER TREATMENT

The EAF is utilised by research staff across the University The National Research Facility for Water and Wastewater (including environment, agrifood, water, energy and power) for Treatment provides UK researchers with the unique ability chemical, biological and materials analysis. to test, at scale, plants with real water. It is directly linked to Cranfield University’s 4,500 population equivalent sewage It provides students and staff with first-class teaching and flexible treatment works and can also receive imported water. research facilities, offering a variety of analyses on a confidential and contract basis to a broad partner and client base. The facility is supplied with compressed air, potable water and electricity with a total floor plan of 420m2 and height of 8.7m. External partners and businesses can utilise the EAF analytical The facility has ten modular bays for wastewater and eight services: a service providing bespoke analysis of environmental modular bays for drinking water treatment projects. samples; ideal for small numbers or occasional samples; analysis carried out by experienced technical staff; competitively priced; Recently upgraded with funding provided by UKCRIC, the facility access to our academics’ expertise. also now has dedicated drinking water treatment facilities with two near real scale pilot plants operating in parallel. Storage of CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY up to 30m3 of drinking water is available for treatment. CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Richard Andrews Key Contact: Nigel Janes Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Gas and liquid chromatography, metals analysis, wastewater analysis Telephone: 01234 750111 Telephone: 01234 750111 ext. 3346 and water treatment technologies, soil analysis, microbiology Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/facilities/ Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/ and mycology, plant molecular biology, post harvest analytical environmental-analytical-facility KEYWORDS: facilities/pilot-plant-hall-facility techniques, environmental chemistry, membrane sciences, volatiles LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ evaluation, algae growth and harvesting, small scale anaerobic school/cranfield-university/ Sewage treatment, drinking water treatment, wastewater, water school/cranfield-university/ digestion, complete gas handling system Twitter: @CranfieldUni science, pilot facility, water monitoring and testing Twitter: @CranfieldUni

SOIL MANAGEMENT WARWICK THERMAL FACILITY ENERGY FACILITY

The soil management facility provides a world-class The Warwick Thermal Energy Facility consists of a range of resource for the detailed study of interactions between thermal analysis and testing equipment. The facility includes the soil, crops/plants, water, agricultural machinery and Thermal Properties Laboratory, containing a suite of materials off-road vehicles. The facility allows controlled simulation analysis equipment for various techniques: thermogravimetric of agricultural and environmental systems at the soil analysis (TGA), high-pressure calorimetry (DSC), dilatometry aggregate to sub-field scale. (TMA) and conductivity measurements (XFA, GHP). The equipment can also be used for product performance We also have facilities suitable for testing larger prototypes testing (eg agrochemical fate and efficacy; effectiveness of including the Large Solar Simulator, Environmental Chambers erosion control technologies). and the ThermExS Laboratory. A soil erosion laboratory includes pressurised and gravity- We work alongside the Warwick Sustainable Thermal Energy fed rainfall simulators that simulate temperate and Technologies research group, who have extensive expertise tropical rainfall, with realistic drop sizes, intensities and in developing a wide range of low-carbon heating and cooling kinetic energies, for a range of return period storm events. CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY technologies. For a full range of equipment visit our website. Key Contact: Ceri Dawson Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01234 750111 ext. 5666 UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK KEYWORDS: Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/ facilities/soil-management-facility KEYWORDS: Key Contact: Jake Locke Soil management and erosion, crops, water, agricultural machinery, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ Email: [email protected] off-road vehicles, agrochemicals, cultivation, sowing, rainfall, hydrological school/cranfield-university/ Thermal Analysis, Materials Testing, Thermal Conductivity, Calorimetry, Telephone: 02476575187 processes, geotextiles, runoff, meteorological data, weeding, pesticides Twitter: @CranfieldUni Dilatometry, Sorption, Solar Simulator, Humidity, Heating and Cooling Website: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/stet

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WOLFSON SCHOOL SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP AT RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY PLATFORM (SC RTP)

The Wolfson School Electronics Workshop has a wealth of technical The SC RTP provides a Linux-based shared infrastructure for knowledge and equipment. research computing. We manage a Linux research computing environment deployed to hundreds of PCs and workstations This includes experience in printed circuit board (PCB) design and and also accessible via remote desktop. manufacture, programming micro-controllers, through to the design and manufacture of electrical cabinets, and additive manufacturing. The RTP hosts Warwick’s High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters for batch processing of computationally intensive Equipment includes, but not restricted to: workflows, such as large-scale simulations, high throughput - PCB Development and Etch Tanks parameter searches and analysis of large datasets. This is housed in a recently refurbished machine room. - PCB Drill and Router - PCB Reflow Oven Our Research Software Engineering (RSE) team provide training and consultancy as well as more direct support via As such, the Electronics Workshop is happy to provide design and secondment to research projects. Please see our website for manufacturing advice. hardware specifications.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY Key Contact: Dr Matt Ismail Key Contact: Matt Biddulph (Electronics Technician) Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS: and [email protected] Telephone: 01509 227540 Telephone: 07896807334 Printed Circuit Board (PCB), Arduino, Micro-Controllers, Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/ Scientific Computing, Research Computing, Research Software Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/research/rtp/sc Electrical Cabinets, CAD, Ultimaker departments/meme/about/facilities/ Engineering, High Performance Computing, Linux Twitter: @RTP_Warwick

CRANFIELD ORDNANCE CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICAL TEST AND EVALUATION COGNITION CENTRE (COTEC)

COTEC performs independent test and evaluation on munitions, The CMC is a dedicated research centre within the School of weapon systems, pyrotechnic and explosive stores, and conducts Science with access to small adaptable areas, various equipment disposals and demilitarisation, although its extensive range and expertise. Our facility and areas of application are multi- facilities are suitable for testing other materials and equipment. purpose and include covering subjects of Maths, Psychology, Education, Physiology as well as others. Measures of equipment COTEC is situated on the edge of Salisbury Plain and is part include various formats of eye-tracking, psychophysiology, virtual of Cranfield University, academic provider to the UK Defence reality, multi-touch table, permanent and portable observation. Academy at Shrivenham. We welcome any related enquiries via the contact information. COTEC is licensed by the MoD and other organisations and is accredited to EN ISO 9001:2008. Facilities at COTEC also allow the testing of non-explosive items (for example, rapid decompression). Customers include the UK MoD, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, the Atomic Weapons CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY Establishment, commercial defence suppliers and manufacturers. Key Contact: Trevor Lawrence Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01380 813251 LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS: Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/centres/ centre-for-defence-chemistry/cranfield- Key Contact: Aatif Patel Defence and security, firing range, munitions testing, ammunition ordnance-test-and-evaluation-centre KEYWORDS: Email: [email protected] proofing, ordnance proofing, explosive trials, bullet and fragment LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ Telephone: 01509 227172 attack, fragmentation trials, testing and evaluation, flare test track, school/cranfield-university/ Eye-tracking (VR, remote and mobile); Psychophysiology Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/cmc/ high altitude test facility, pyrotechnics Twitter: @CranfieldUni (fixed and mobile GSR, ECG, EMG), Observation (fixed and mobile) Twitter: @lborocmc

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KEELE UNIVERSITY SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR

The Keele University Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) is the largest at-scale multi-vector smart energy demonstrator in Europe, delivered in partnership with Siemens, Cadent and ENGIE, and funded through the European Regional Development Fund and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. As well as intelligent power distribution, renewable production and storage, our gas network is critical to SEND, and HyDeploy is a green energy network trial aimed at kick starting the low- carbon hydrogen economy. HyDeploy at Keele is being delivered by Cadent, with Northern Gas Networks, Progressive Energy Ltd, Keele University, HSE and ITM Power. Together SEND and HyDeploy enables ‘at scale’ research opportunities in intelligent energy generation, distribution, storage, forecasting and multi- vector balancing across our campus ‘living laboratory’ providing an ‘at scale’ research and development opportunities. With 100 homes and 30 faculty buildings and over 13,000 staff and students, Keele provides the testbed for the future of the energy infrastructure underpinning the UK’s path to net zero. KEELE UNIVERSITY Key Contact: Sidrah Khan, SEND KEYWORDS: Programme Delivery Manager Email: [email protected] Smart Energy Network Demonstrator, Intelligent Energy Generation, Telephone: 01782 732964 Living Laboratory Image credits: Keele Uni/Siemens

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ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION CRYO-TEM FOCUSED ION BEAM SEM LASER PARTICLE SIZER CRANFIELD IMPACT CENTRE (CIC) 35 ADVANCED BIOIMAGING RTP 22 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 25 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 35 MIDLANDS REGIONAL CRYO-EM FACILITY 23 WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 26 AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES AND INTEGRATION LATTICE LIGHTSHEET THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 24 AEROSPACE INTEGRATION RESEARCH CENTRE (AIRC) 34 FT-IR WARWICK LATTICE LIGHT SHEET 20 DISSOLUTION TESTING SPECTROSCOPY RTP 33 AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY LIVING LABORATORY HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 14 SOIL MANAGEMENT FACILITY 36 GAS AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY KEELE UNIVERSITY SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR 40 DRUG DISCOVERY ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY (EAF) 36 AGROCHEMICALS LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (LEED) WARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING FACILITY 10 PLANT GROWTH FACILITY 15 GC-MS WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION FACILITY 28 DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION+A:N SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 29 ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING (MAS) NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 31 VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 30 (ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE) UK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE NMR FACILITY 30 WARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING FACILITY 10 EEG GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY (GPC) NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 31 AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING AND CENTRE FOR HUMAN BRAIN HEALTH 12 POLYMER CHARACTERISATION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 31 MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 11 MALDI ELECTRICAL CABINETS GENOMICS SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 29 AUTOMATION WOLFSON SCHOOL ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP AT LOUGHBOROUGH DEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FACILITY 11 AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING AND UNIVERSITY 38 MASK FABRICATION MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 11 HAZARD GROUP 3 ORGANISMS WARWICK LASER MICROMACHINING 33 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY CONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 (C3) FACILITY 10 BIOINFORMATICS SLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE IMAGING 20 MASS SPECTROMETRY DEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FACILITY 11 CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 22 HEADSPACE ANALYSIS PROTEOMICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 18 BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 16 KEELE UNIVERSITY CENTRAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT 26 VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 30 ADVANCED MASS SPECTROMETRY FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 18 BIOMARKERS HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE (EPR) (LA)-ICP-MS 29 PHENOME CENTRE BIRMINGHAM 16 SPECTROSCOPY RTP 33 SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM (SC RTP) 39 SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 29 VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 30 BLOOD CELL COUNTER ELECTRONIC NOSE HPLC SCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES 14 VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 30 SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 29 MEG CENTRE FOR HUMAN BRAIN HEALTH 12 BULLET AND FRAGMENT ATTACK EYE-TRACKING IMAGING FLOW CYTOMETRY CRANFIELD ORDNANCE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTRE (COTEC) 38 CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICAL COGNITION 39 UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY 08 METABOLICS PHENOME CENTRE BIRMINGHAM 16 CALORIMETRY FLIGHT SIMULATORS INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS WARWICK THERMAL ENERGY FACILITY 37 SPECTROMETRY (ICP-MS) AEROSPACE INTEGRATION RESEARCH CENTRE (AIRC) 34 MICROBIOLOGY ROBOTIC SCREENING (LA)-ICP-MS 29 (HIGH THROUGHPUT) CELL SORTING FLOW CYTOMETRY (FACS) WISB FLOW CYTOMETRY AND CELL SORTING FACILITY 08 INSTRUMENTED VEHICLES WARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING FACILITY 10 WISB FLOW CYTOMETRY AND CELL SORTING FACILITY 08 UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY 08 MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INNOVATION AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING AND UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY 08 MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 11 UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY PLATFORM 09 (MUEAVI) 34 UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY PLATFORM 09 MICROBIOREACTOR CLEM UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM CYTOF SERVICE 09 INTELLIGENT AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING AND CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 22 STEMLAB BIOSUITE 13 MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INNOVATION (MUEAVI) 34 MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 11 CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY INTELLIGENT ENERGY GENERATION MICROMORPHOLOGY BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 19 WARWICK CENTRE FOR ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY 32 KEELE UNIVERSITY SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR 40 THIN SECTION LABORATORY 23 SLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE IMAGING 20 FLUORESCENT LIGHT MICROSCOPY (FLUORESCENCE) ION CHROMATOGRAPHY MICROSCALE THERMOPHORESIS CRASH AND IMPACT TESTING ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES 19 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 35 LABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTION ANALYSIS 13 CRANFIELD IMPACT CENTRE (CIC) 35 BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 19 COMPARE 21 LASER MICROMACHINING TECHNOLOGY HUB IMAGING FACILITY, COLLEGE OF MEDICAL AND WARWICK LASER MICROMACHINING 33 DENTAL SCIENCES 21

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MICROSCOPY PILOT FACILITY SINGLE CELL (SINGLE CELL CLONING) TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC) STEMLAB BIOSUITE 13 NATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR WATER AND UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY 08 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 35 ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES 19 WASTEWATER TREATMENT 37 SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY (SEC) TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 19 PLANT AND ROOT PHENOTYPING POLYMER CHARACTERISATION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 31 WARWICK CENTRE FOR ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY 32 WARWICK LATTICE LIGHT SHEET 20 PLANT GROWTH FACILITY 15 SLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE IMAGING 20 SLED TESTING OF STRUCTURES AND DUMMIES TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 22 PLANT GROWTH (SOIL-CROP SYSTEMS) CRANFIELD IMPACT CENTRE (CIC) 35 CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 22 ADVANCED BIOIMAGING RTP 22 PLANT GROWTH FACILITY 15 ADVANCED BIOIMAGING RTP 22 SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (SAXS) MIDLANDS REGIONAL CRYO-EM FACILITY 23 MIDLANDS REGIONAL CRYO-EM FACILITY 23 PLATE READERS X-RAY DIFFRACTION RTP 27 COMPARE 21 THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 24 STEMLAB BIOSUITE 13 TECHNOLOGY HUB IMAGING FACILITY, COLLEGE OF MEDICAL AND SMALL SCALE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 25 DENTAL SCIENCES 21 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY (EAF) 36 WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 26 THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 24 WOLFSON SCHOOL ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP KEELE UNIVERSITY CENTRAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT 26 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 25 AT LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY 38 SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR ANALYTICAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND KEELE UNIVERSITY SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR 40 ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY PROTEIN EXPRESSION AUTOMATED MINERALOGY 25 WARWICK CENTRE FOR ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY 32 WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 26 PROTEIN EXPRESSION FACILITY (PEF) 17 SOIL MANAGEMENT AND EROSION SOIL MANAGEMENT FACILITY 36 ULTRASOUND KEELE UNIVERSITY CENTRAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT 26 PROTEIN PRODUCTION SCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES 14 MITOCHONDRIAL PROFILING PROTEIN EXPRESSION FACILITY (PEF) 17 SOLAR SIMULATOR ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY MITOCHONDRIAL PROFILING CENTRE 15 WARWICK THERMAL ENERGY FACILITY 37 PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS (UPS) MODELS OF INFECTION LABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTION ANALYSIS 13 SOLID-STATE NMR WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION FACILITY 28 CONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 (C3) FACILITY 10 LEICESTER INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 17 UK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE NMR FACILITY 30 NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 31 VOC ANALYSIS MRI PROTEOMICS (POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION) VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 30 CENTRE FOR HUMAN BRAIN HEALTH 12 PROTEOMICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 18 SPINNING DISK ADVANCED MASS SPECTROMETRY FACILITY AT THE ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES 19 WATER ANALYSIS MUNITIONS TESTING UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 18 GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 35 CRANFIELD ORDNANCE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTRE (COTEC) 38 BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 15 SPR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY (EAF) 36 LABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTION ANALYSIS 13 NATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR WATER AND NANOINDENTATION PYROTECHNICS WASTEWATER TREATMENT 37 WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 26 CRANFIELD ORDNANCE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTRE (COTEC) 38 TABLET PREPARATION HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 14 X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD) NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY RAMAN X-RAY DIFFRACTION RTP 24 TABLET TESTING NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ORGAN BATH THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 24 CHEMISTRY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 28 PHARMACOLOGY LABORATORY 12 SPECTROSCOPY RTP 33 HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 14 X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF) NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING TEST TRACK RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEERING WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 26 DEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FACILITY 11 MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM (SC RTP) 39 X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY FACILITY (XRF) 27 VEHICLE INNOVATION (MUEAVI) 34 NMR SPECTROSCOPY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM) X-RAY DIFFRACTION RTP 27 LEICESTER INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 17 THERMAL ANALYSIS (TGA AND DSC) CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 22 X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS) UK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE NMR FACILITY 30 POLYMER CHARACTERISATION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 31 THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 24 THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 24 NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 31 WARWICK THERMAL ENERGY FACILITY 37 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 25 WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION FACILITY 28 OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY ANALYTICAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND AUTOMATED THIN SECTIONS MINERALOGY 25 SPECTROSCOPY RTP 33 THIN SECTION LABORATORY 23 WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 26 ROCK PREPARATION AND THIN SECTIONING FACILITY 24 ORBISIMS KEELE UNIVERSITY CENTRAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT 26 THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 24 TIRF SEWAGE TREATMENT BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 19 ORGAN BATH PHARMACOLOGY NATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 37 NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ORGAN BATH TISSUE CULTURE PHARMACOLOGY LABORATORY 12 STEMLAB BIOSUITE 13

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