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WISB FLOW CYTOMETRY AND CELL SORTING FACILITY 08 Flow cytometry, FACS, cell sorting, BD, Fortessa, Fusion

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

CONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 (C3) FACILITY 09 Hazard Group 3 organisms, Models of infection, Small rodent, Specialist training, Risk assessment for C3 organisms

WARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING FACILITY 09 Drug discovery, Antimicrobial screening, Surface testing, Medical microbiology, Antimicrobial resistance, Medicine, Natural products, Microbiology, Robotic screening

AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING ANDMICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 10 Automation, liquid handling, high throughput, Tecan, screening, Antimicrobial, WISB, robotics, RoboLector, BioLector, microbioreactor, fermentations

DEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FACILITY 10 Next generation sequencing, Illumina, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, sequencing, single cell, optical mapping, bioinformatics, genomics, transcriptomics, DNA, RNA, 10X Genomics, Bionano

NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ORGAN BATH PHARMACOLOGY LABORATORY 11 Neuroelectrophysiology, Organ Bath Pharmacology, Long-Term Potentiation (LTP), Microelectrodes, Neuronal Signalling, Epilepsy

CENTRE FOR HUMAN BRAIN HEALTH 11 Brain, MRI, MEG, EEG, OPM, Fnirs, sleep lab, Non-invasive brain stimulation

STEMLAB BIOSUITE 12 Plate Readers, Bioscience, Microbiology, Tissue Culture, Spectrophotometry, Microscopy

LABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTION ANALYSIS 12 SPR, Biacore, ITC, MicroCal, Microscale thermophoresis, Monolith, biomolecular, WISB, affinity, kinetics, thermodynamics, protein-protein, labe

HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 13 Tablet preparation, tablet testing, dissolution testing

SCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES 13 Blood Cell Counter , Dexa Scan, Mri, Ultrasound, Cortex And Carefusion Gas Analysis-Hokanson

PLANT GROWTH FACILITY 14 Plant growth, soil-crop systems, plant and root phenotyping, pre-harvest, post-harvest, crop monitoring, climate change studies, seed technology, crop establishment, agrochemicals, biostimulants, biopesticides

PHENOME CENTRE BIRMINGHAM 14 Metabolics, biomarkers

BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 15 Bioinformatics Computational Biology Data Analysis Nucleotide Sequencing Big Data High Capacity Computing Programming genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, single cell sequencing technologies, sequence assembly, regulatory sequence analysis

LEICESTER INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 15 Biological NMR spectroscopy, Protein-protein interactions, Protein-ligand interactions, Protein dynamics

PROTEOMICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 16 Proteomics, mass spectrometry, identification, quantification, post-translational modification, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, peptide, protein, phosphorylation, validation

ADVANCED MASS SPECTROMETRY FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 16 Proteomics, mass spectrometry, identification, post-translational modification, peptide, protein

ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES 17 Fluorescence, Spinning Disk, Confocal, microscopes, WISB, Time-lapse, Nikon, Andor, Imaging

BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 17 Life and environmental sciences, Medical and Dental sciences, Fluorescent Light microscopy, Confocal (LCS) microscopy, TIRF, Structure Illumination, High throughput imaging, imaging analysis, trainings

WARWICK LATTICE LIGHT SHEET 18 CAMDU, Warwick, LLSM, Lattice, LightSheet, Microscopy, Light, Sheet, Live Cell, Dynamics

SLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE IMAGING 18 Microscopy, Imaging, analysis, confocal, electron microscopy, histology

CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 19 Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM, Ultramicrotomy, Critical Point Drying, Negative staining, Immunolabelling, CLEM, Biological sample preparation

ADVANCED BIOIMAGING RTP 19 Cryo-TEM, transmission electron microscopy, biological samples, cellular ultrastructure, nanoparticles, size measurements, negative stain, ultrathin sectioning

MIDLANDS REGIONAL CRYO-EM FACILITY 20 Cryo-TEM, transmission electron microscopy, biological samples, structure, single particle analysis, tomography

THIN SECTION LABORATORY 20 Thin sections, micromorphology, polished blocks

THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 21 Nanomaterials, Surface Analysis, Imaging, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Engineering, TEM, SEM, XPS, Raman, CryoEM Lithography, OrbiSIMS

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 21 Electron Microscopy, Transmission EM, Scanning Transmission EM, Scanning EM (FEG), Focused Ion Beam SEM

ANALYTICAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND AUTOMATED MINERALOGY 22 Scanning Electron Microscopy, EDS, WDS, micro-XRF, Automated Mineralogy, Imaging, Materials

WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 22 Scanning Electron Microscopy, Focused Ion Beam, (Scanning) / Transmission Electron Microscopy, Precession Electron Diffraction, X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Nanoindentation

KEELE EM 23 Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY FACILITY (XRF) 23 X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer, pXRF, powder pellets, fusion beads, analytical balances, furnaces, drying ovens

X-RAY DIFFRACTION RTP 24 X-ray Diffraction, XRD, SAXS, XRF, High-resolution, Scattering, powder XRD, Structural solution, nanomaterials, reflectivity, stress, texture, GISAXS, non-ambient

CHEMISTRY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 24 Crystallography, X-ray diffraction, single crystal, powder crystal

WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION FACILITY 25 X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, XPS, Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy, UPS, Surface Analysis, Surface Science, Surface Chemistry, Composition Analysis, Materials, Angle-Resolved Photoemission, ARPES, Low Energy Electron Diffraction, LEED

(LA)-ICP-MS 25 LA-ICP-MS, ICP-MS, laser, Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, trace elemental analysis

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 26 Mass spectrometry, LC-MS, accurate mass, GC-MS, HPLC, MALDI, electron ionisation

VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 26 Electronic nose, Machine olfaction, gas analysis, VOC analysis, GC-MS, headspace analysis, Portable VOC measurements

UK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE NMR FACILITY 27 Solid-state NMR, Magic Angle Spinning (MAS), battery technology, pharmaceuticals, plant cell wall physiology, protein structural biology

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CONTENTS:NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 27 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry, Structural Studies, Catalysts, Energy materials, Biomolecules

POLYMER CHARACTERISATION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 28 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 28 X-ray Computed Tomography, NDT, Micro-focus XCT, High-power XCT, In-situ scanning, Material characterisation, Digital imaging

WARWICK CENTRE FOR ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY 29 Ultrafast spectroscopy, terahertz spectroscopy, semiconductors, quantum materials, photostability, prodrugs and nanomedicine, infrared spectrsocopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, transient absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy

SPECTROSCOPY RTP 29 Optical Spectroscopy, Raman, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Electron Paramagnetic resonance EPR, Photoluminescence, Materials, Imaging

WARWICK LASER MICROMACHINING 30 Laser Micromachining, Drilling, Milling, Cutting, Composites, Polymers, Metal, Diamond, Mask Fabrication, Complex Geometries, Surface Roughening

MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INNOVATION (MUEAVI) 30 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) 31 Aerospace technologies and integration, aircraft, airspace, flight simulators, air traffic management, air transportation, unmanned aerial vehicles, engineering photonics, intelligent automation

CRANFIELD IMPACT CENTRE (CIC) 31 Crash and impact testing, crashworthiness, vehicle safety, accident reconstruction, vehicle engineering, lightweight structures and materials, sled testing of structures and dummies

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 32 Geography, Soils, Sediment, Water Analysis, Ion Chromatography, Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Laser Particle Sizer, Spectrophotometer

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY (EAF) 32 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

SOIL MANAGEMENT FACILITY 33 Soil management and erosion, crops, water, agricultural machinery, off-road vehicles, agrochemicals, cultivation, sowing, rainfall, hydrological processes, geotextiles, runoff, meteorological data, weeding, pesticides

NATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 33 Sewage treatment, drinking water treatment, wastewater, water science, pilot facility, water monitoring and testing

WARWICK THERMAL ENERGY FACILITY 34 Thermal Analysis, Materials Testing, Thermal Conductivity, Calorimetry, Dilatometry, Sorption, Solar Simulator, Humidity, Heating and Cooling

WOLFSON SCHOOL ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP AT LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY 34 Printed Circuit Board (PCB), Arduino, Micro-Controllers, Electrical Cabinets, CAD, Ultimaker

CRANFIELD ORDNANCE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTRE (COTEC) 35 Defence and security, firing range, munitions testing, ammunition proofing, ordnance proofing, explosive trials, bullet and fragment attack, fragmentation trials, testing and evaluation, flare test track, high altitude test facility, pyrotechnics

SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM (SC RTP) 35 Scientific Computing, Research Computing, Research Software Engineering, High Performance Computing, Linux

KEELE UNIVERSITY SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR 36 Smart Energy Network Demonstrator, Intelligent Energy Generation, Living Laboratory

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TECHNICIAN LED EQUIPMENT SHARING

TALENT Equipment Sharing Brochure

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Midlands Universities have delivered many world class research impacts. Often these have required equipment, facilities and research infrastructure and frequently they have been enabled only through the work of highly skilled technical specialists. The Technician Led Equipment Sharing project is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate what can be achieved by our technical specialists driving the equipment sharing agenda across Midlands Innovation (MI). We are proud to host significant and sometimes unique facilities across MI. We are also cognisant that our expert technical teams are essential to maximising the potential of this resource, and by providing access to both facilities and knowledge, they will greatly advance both basic research and realisation of impact.

We will build on the best practice already demonstrated by our technical community over the next four years. The Technician Led Equipment Sharing component of TALENT 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.

I am encouraged by the fantastic engagement we have had from our technical community in delivering this brochure. The range of submissions are diverse, from high-throughput sequencing, to world leading solid state NMR and even testing for munitions! We very much envisage this brochure as a living document with regular updates, both to allow the addition of new facilities and also to keep the information current. Lastly, I really encourage all colleagues across MI to take a closer look at what is available and make contact to see how your research can make use of the knowledge and facilities available. By sharing these resources, ultimately, we will accelerate and add-value to the world-class research portfolio across MI which in turn will deliver impact that will benefit us all.

‘’THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MIDLANDS INNOVATION (MI) PARTNERSHIP WAS BUILT ON ESTABLISHING HOW TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SHARE OUR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT. IT IS A NATURAL EVOLUTION THAT OUR TECHNICAL STAFF BECOME THE DRIVING FORCE OF THIS DUE TO THE VITAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WHICH THEY BRING. THIS WORK TO EMPOWER TECHNICIAN-LED EQUIPMENT SHARING WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIONS ACROSS MI.’’

DR HELEN TURNER,TALENT CO-LEAD AND MIDLANDS INNOVATION DIRECTOR

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

Two cytometry instruments (one analyser and one sorter) with complementary laser (355, 405, 488, 561 and 640 nm) and filter arrangements form part of the Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Research Technology Facility (WISB RTF). The suite includes a BD Fortessa Flow Cytometer with the potential for high-throughput analysis and a BD FACSAria Fusion Cell Sorter.

The sorter is enclosed in a Class 2 biosafety cabinet providing operator and sample protection. It is possible to sort into tubes 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.

WISB FLOW CYTOMETRY AND CELL SORTING FACILITY

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Sarah BennettEmail: [email protected]: 02476523927Website: https://www.wisb-uow.co.uk/technology-facilities/Twitter: @WISB_SynBioCtre

KEYWORDS:Flow cytometry, FACS, cell sorting, BD, Fortessa, Fusion

The University of Nottingham Flow Cytometry Facility provides a fully comprehensive Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Service open to all research groups across the University, Midlands Innovation and, by agreement, to external parties.

We provide access to high end imaging and conventional flow cytometers as well as a full range of training and support designed to make your flow cytometry experiments a success.

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UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMKey Contact: David OnionEmail: [email protected]: 0115 82 30740 Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/life-sciences/facilities/flow-cytometry-facility/index.aspx Twitter: @UoNFCF

KEYWORDS:Flow, Cytometry, Flow Cytometry, FACS, Cell Sorting, Imaging Flow Cytometry, IFC, CFC, Single Cell Cloning, Single Cell, Training

Antimicrobial screening is the first step of antimicrobial drug discovery to identify suitable candidates against bacterial and fungal infections. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing ascertains the effectiveness of candidates against a panel of target organisms, such as the ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species), or custom selections of clinically or industrially relevant microorganisms.

Toxicity studies towards representative mammalian cell lines provide an initial assessment of suitability for clinical use and can be used to narrow the pool of candidates to those that are selectively active against microbes.Risk assessment of antimicrobial resistance generation evaluates the effective lifespan of a candidate drug.

WARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING FACILITY

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: John MoatEmail: [email protected]: 07795232881Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/amrscreeningLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/john-moat-23b6b979

KEYWORDS:Drug discovery, Antimicrobial screening, Surface testing, Medicalmicrobiology, Antimicrobial resistance, Medicine, Natural products,Microbiology, Robotic screening

This facility provides a laboratory suite to work safely with ACDP Hazard Group 3 microorganisms. One facility contains four individual laboratories with microbiological safety cabinets (MSC) in each where all bacterial or viral manipulation occurs and other equipment essential for working with microorganisms and their safe storage. A second C3 Facility (located in the Pre-Clinical Research Facility) is fitted with bespoke MSCs and other specialized equipment to carry out work with murine of infection including aerosol.

We provide training to staff and students to meet compliance required to access this type of facility and assistance for documentation, experimental procedure design and risk assessment. If you would like to know more about the facility, contact us at [email protected]

CONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 (C3) FACILITY

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERKey Contact: Marialuisa CrosattiEmail: [email protected]: 0116 373 6456Website: https://www2.le.ac.uk/colleges/medbiopsych/facilities-and-services/cbs/c3

KEYWORDS:Hazard Group 3 organisms, Models of infection, Small rodent, Specialist training, Risk assessment for C3 organisms

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Two robotic liquid handling platforms with integral devices (colony picker, plate reader, incubators, thermocycler, vacuum filtration system and heating/cooling/shaking plate holders) and a high-throughput Microbioreactor are available for the automation of high-throughput protocols; such as screening, plate replication, DNA extractions, transformations and bioprocess optimisation.

The equipment is part of the Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Research Technology Facility (WISB RTF) and in addition, provides services as part of the Warwick Antimicrobial Screening Facility. The WISB RTF manager is happy to discuss the potential of automating your applications.

The combined neuroelectrophysiology and organ bathpharmacology laboratory at Aston University provides staffand students with the ability to examine first-hand the effectsof drugs on living brain slices (equipment pictured) or on avariety of other organs, such as hearts, intestines, lungs, etc.The main purpose of the lab is to study the processes behindlong-term potentiation (LTP) using hippocampal brain slicesand probing the desired areas with microelectrodes.

Drugs can be administered in a controlled fashion to enhance, reduced, or completely block neuronal signalling. Neurological conditions, such as epilepsy, can also be induced and examined.Further information, interest in the laboratory or to discusstraining/advice can be discussed via the contact information.

AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING AND MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS

NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGYAND ORGAN BATHPHARMACOLOGY LABORATORY


ASTON UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Dani Burrell (Neuroscience Technician)Email: [email protected]: 0121 204 3156

KEYWORDS:Automation, liquid handling, high throughput, Tecan, screening, Antimicrobial Screening, WISB, robotics, RoboLector, BioLector, microbioreactor, fermentations

KEYWORDS:Neuroelectrophysiology, Organ Bath Pharmacology, Long-Term Potentiation (LTP), Microelectrodes, Neuronal Signalling, Epilepsy

The sequencing facility offers research scientists access to state of the art high-throughput sequencing technology. Our experienced team of dedicated experimental scientists and bioinformaticians offer support with experimental design, library prep, sequencing and bioinformatics as required. Deep Seq houses the Illumina MiSeq and NextSeq500, which can supply single or paired reads from 75 to 600 cycles.

DeepSeq are experts in the long read Oxford NanoPore Technologies platforms, we house the MinION, GridION and PromethION platforms. DeepSeq also runs the Bionano SaphyrII for optical mapping as well as the 10X Genomics Chromium platform for single cell applications and work with groups on 10X Genomics spatial transcriptomics projects.

It is an interdisciplinary brain research facility established with the mission of understanding what makes a brain healthy, how to maintain it, and how to prevent and reverse damage. The CHBH is at the forefront of understanding how the brain binds together separate processes and allocates resources through the coordination of large-scale oscillatory activity, and in using these mechanisms to understand cognitive function.

Our research facilities include the following:

- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)- Magnetoencephalography (MEG)- Electroencephalography (EEG)- Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPM)- Functional near infrared (fNIRS)- Sleep labs- Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

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DEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FACILITY

CENTRE FOR HUMAN BRAIN HEALTH

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMKey Contact: Victoria WrightEmail: [email protected]: 0115 82 30665 Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/deepseq/Twitter: @DeepSeqNotts

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAMKey Contact: Emily LoftusEmail: [email protected]: 0121 414 6261Website: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centre-for-human-brain-health

KEYWORDS:Next generation sequencing, Illumina, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, sequencing, single cell, optical mapping, bioinformatics, genomics, transcriptomics, DNA, RNA, 10X Genomics, Bionano

KEYWORDS:Brain, MRI, MEG, EEG, OPM, Fnirs, sleep lab, Non-invasive brain stimulation

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The STEMLab BioSuite is a fully operational facility equipped for Biochemistry, molecular biology, and microbiology.Equipment includes FluoStar Omega plate readers, FlowCytometer, GelDoc and ChemiDoc Biorad imagers, opticalmicroscopes, GeneSys spectro-photometers, bioreactors,Biological Safety Cabinets in a purpose build cell culture lab.

This facility is predominantly a teaching facility shared acrossSchools and their respective disciplines, such as Biology,Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering.With a vast array of technical support, we are happy to share our expertise and knowledge.

STEMLAB BIOSUITE

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Eleanor BraithwaiteEmail: [email protected]: 01509 228 461Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/stemlab/insidestemlab/

KEYWORDS:Plate Readers; Bioscience; Microbiology; Tissue Culture;Spectrophotometry; Microscopy, flow cytometry

Three individual instruments for the analysis of biomolecular interactions form part of the Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Research Technology Facility (WISB RTF). The suite includes a Biacore T200 for Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), a Monolith NT.115 for Microscale Thermophoresis and a MicroCal VP-ITC for Isothermal Titration Calorimetry.

These instruments can be used to determine the affinity and binding kinetics of a ligand to its receptor. Examples of the various bond types include protein-protein, protein-DNA, receptor-drug, enzyme-substrate. The WISB RTF manager is happy to discuss the potential of using this equipment for your biomolecular interaction analyses.

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LABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTION ANALYSIS


KEYWORDS:SPR, Biacore, ITC, MicroCal, Microscale thermophoresis, Monolith, biomolecular, WISB, affinity, kinetics, thermodynamics, protein-protein, label free

Ranked number 1 in the world QS world university rankings, SSEHS has a worldwide reputation for advancing research and knowledge in medicine, cellular and molecular biology, nutrition, biomechanics, physiology, sport psychology and sport management. Here at Loughborough we have outstanding facilities and world class equipment, such as sports equipment, cortex and CareFusion online gas analysis, ECG, Hokanson and Horiba blood cell counter. We are also home to the National Centre for Sport Exercise and Medicine East Midlands.

Our researchers are also able to access diagnostic imagery such as, ultrasound, x-ray, dexa scan and MRI. Technical staff support teaching and research across different sectors, almost all technical staff are trained in phlebotomy. We are happy to discuss any support and / or equipment queries.

SCHOOL OF SPORT,EXERCISE ANDHEALTH SCIENCES

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Clare Smith (Laboratory assistant (NCSEM))Email: [email protected]: 01509 228225Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ssehs/

KEYWORDS:Blood Cell Counter, Dexa Scan, Mri, Ultrasound, Cortex And Carefusion Gas Analysis-Hokanson

Pharmaceutical equipment for the preparation and testing of tablet formulations; Riva mini press (13mm flat faced punch), dissolution baths, disintergration baths, tablet hardness testers.

HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES

ASTON UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Christine JakemanEmail: [email protected]: 01212043969Website: https://www.aston.ac.uk/

KEYWORDS:Tablet preparation, tablet testing, dissolution testing

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Cranfield is home to a range of plant growth facilities for experimental work involving plant physiology, plant phenotyping, plant-microbe interactions, and plant-soil interactions.

The facilities are home to a unique platform for assessing pilot scale crop-soil systems and sensor development, and include a 9m high, 300m2 Venlo glasshouse housing an overhead LemnaTec sensor gantry; a 4m high, 230m2 Venlo glasshouse with three compartments, including thermal screens, roof vents, supplementary lighting, electric heating and automatic irrigation; and four 10.5m2 walk-in Weiss plant growth rooms with temperature (15-35°C), relative humidity (60-95%) and supplementary CO2 and LED lighting.

The Warwick Bioinformatics RTP provides access to the computational skills and expertise required for accurate interpretation of data from high-throughput biomedical experiments.

Our team provides assistance across a broad range of data types and platforms and at all stages of the experimental procedure; from consultation on experimental design, through the implementation of cutting edge data analysis pipelines and interpretation, to delivering results as figures and as interactive web tools. Please contact us to discuss how we can help with your research.

PLANT GROWTH FACILITY BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Ceri DawsonEmail: [email protected]: 01234 750111 ext. 5666Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/facilities/plant-growth-facility Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cranfield-university/Twitter: @CranfieldUni

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Sascha Ott, Richard StarkEmail: [email protected]: 024 761 50258 / 024 765 74266 Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/research/rtp/bioinformatics/

KEYWORDS:Plant growth, soil-crop systems, plant and root phenotyping, pre-harvest, post-harvest, crop monitoring, climate change studies, seed technology, crop establishment, agrochemicals, biostimulants, biopesticides

KEYWORDS:Bioinformatics Computational Biology Data Analysis Nucleotide Sequencing Big Data High Capacity Computing Programming genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, single cell sequencing technologies, sequence assembly, regulatory sequence analysis

Phenome Centre Birmingham offers a complete collaborative service to academic, industry, and government partners, providing expertise and advice in metabolic phenotyping studies from conception and experimental design through data acquisition to data analysis and biological interpretation.

Phenome Centre Birmingham conducts metabolic phenotyping studies with the following objectives:

- To understand molecular mechanisms associated with human ageing, disease onset and progression.

- To identify metabolic biomarkers for stratification of the human population to be applied in risk stratification of developing a specific disease, in diagnosis of a disease, in defining progression or remission 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.

The Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology was created in 2016 to bring together established strengths in structural biology, chemical biology and single-molecule research from across the Colleges.

The high field NMR spectrometers in the institute enable superior levels of sensitivity and resolution. We are one of the few centres to combine both solution and solid state NMR to answer biological questions. Solution–state NMR allows the study of protein structure and dynamics under physiological conditions, whereas solid-state NMR alleviates molecular weight limitations allowing the study of high molecular weight complexes or of proteins embedded in lipid bilayers.

For further information about the facility please contact us.

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PHENOME CENTRE BIRMINGHAM

LEICESTER INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAMKey Contact: Warwick DunnEmail: [email protected]: 0121 414 5458Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/phenome-centre

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERKey Contact: Fred MuskettEmail: [email protected]: 0116 2297096Website: https://le.ac.uk/liscb Facebook: @UniofLeicester

KEYWORDS:Metabolics, biomarkers

KEYWORDS:Biological NMR spectroscopy, Protein-protein interactions,Protein-ligand interactions, Protein dynamics

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The Proteomics RTP provides service to researchers seeking to identify and quantify proteins and their modifications. The analysis of protein mixtures from gel slices, co-immunoprecipitations or enrichments is routine and we can identify several thousand proteins in complex samples such as, cell lysates and tissue extracts.

You will find support from an enthusiastic team to help with scientific discussion, experimental design, sample preparation, analysis of data and provision of training. Orbitrap Fusion with UltiMate 3000 RSLCnano System

• 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.

PROTEOMICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Dr Andrew BottrillEmail: [email protected]: 02476 574182 Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/research/facilities/proteomics/Twitter: @RTP_Warwick

KEYWORDS:Proteomics, mass spectrometry, identification, quantification, post-translational modification, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, peptide, protein, phosphorylation, validation

The Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility (AMSF) supports medical and biological research with cutting edge proteomics, native mass spectrometry, and imaging mass spec.

Using state-of-the-art high resolution mass spectrometry (including the first Thermo Lumos-Eclipse in a UK research facility), we provide cutting edge top-down and bottom-up proteomics, identification of protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions, PTM analysis, and native mass spectrometry services.

Additionally, we are involved with the development of high sensitivity mass spectral imaging techniques and continue to apply our expertise in instrument development to expanding the range of capabilities for both our collaborating researchers and clients.

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ADVANCED MASS SPECTROMETRY FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAMKey Contact: Todd MizeEmail: [email protected]: www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/advanced-mass-spectrometry

KEYWORDS:Proteomics, mass spectrometry, identification, post-translational modification, peptide, protein

Located in the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham, the Birmingham Advanced Light Microscopy (BALM) facility provides state of the art imaging equipment and techniques for the medical, life and environmental sciences. BALM offers a range of services from user training on standard equipment through collaborative microscopy experiments, assisted sessions and imaging analysis. Advanced fluorescence imaging systems (including Confocal, TIRF, SIM and widefield), are routinely used for high resolution imaging of samples ranging between microbacteria, biofilms, cancer cells, drosophila, zebrafish, Arabidopsis and more.

Together with other two sisters facilities (Technology Hub and COMPARE), BALM is part of the Imaging Suite, a cross college group of imaging facilities accessible to all internal and external (commercial and academic). All the imaging specialists are available to discuss microscopy experiments at all levels, preliminary data acquisition, grant submissions advices, costing and any other questions on equipment and techniques.

BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM)

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAMKey Contact: Dr. Alessandro Di Maio (BALM imaging specialist)Other Contact: Dr. Andrea Mitchell (Technical Lead for Imaging and Flow Cytometry)Email: [email protected]: 0121 414 5398Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/balm/index.aspxhs/

KEYWORDS:Life and environmental sciences, Medical and Dental sciences, Fluorescent Light microscopy, Confocal (LCS) microscopy, TIRF, Structure Illumination, High throughput imaging, imaging analysis, trainings, microscopy

A Spinning Disk Confocal Laser Microscope and two Widefield Fluorescence Microscopes (Nikon/Andor) form part of the Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Research Technology Facility (WISB RTF).

The three systems are set up to enable time-lapse imaging over multiple days; with environment control chambers controlling heat and CO2 levels, a perfect focus system to deal with focus drift and a motorised stage. The WISB RTF manager is happy to discuss the potential of using these microscopes for your experiments.

ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES


KEYWORDS:Fluorescence, Spinning Disk, Confocal, microscopy, WISB, Time-lapse, Nikon, Andor, Imaging

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Our Wellcome-funded 3i Lattice LightSheet facility is open at the University of Warwick. Six weeks per year are available for visiting researchers and ongoing collaborations are welcome. The instrument uses a very thin, structured sheet of light to rapidly collect 4D movies of living cells.

Due to the thinness of the sheet, photo-bleaching and photo-damage are minimised allowing capture of hundreds of image planes in a second and visualisation of dynamic processes inside cells in unprecedented detail.

Our instrument is usually run in dithered mode giving resolution of up to 230 x 230 x 370 nm (x x y x z) with 62.5x magnification and an imaging depth up to 50 µm. The system has 4 laser-lines and two cameras allowing truly simultaneous imaging.

The EMF offers preparation, imaging and analysis of biological samples for EM. The facility houses a TEM, SEM, ultramicrotomes, coating unit, critical point dryer and wetlab. Staff are experienced in techniques including negative staining, ultramicrotomy, immunogold labelling and SEM sample preparation and offer sample prep and advice for Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) and 3D-EM (SBFSEM).

Samples include viruses, proteins, nanoparticles, bacteria, cell cultures, tissues and model organisms and staff have experience with clinical biopsies, forensic material and CII & CIII hazardous organisms. EMF staff are happy to discuss either a brief service or longer collaborative arrangements. Regular users are offered training.

WARWICK LATTICE LIGHT SHEET

CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Helena CokerEmail: [email protected]: 024761 51934Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/camdu/microscopes/lattice/Twitter: @WarwickCAMDU

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERKey Contact: Natalie AllcockEmail: [email protected]: 0116 2523370Website: www.le.ac.uk/cbs-emTwitter: @bioem_leicesterInstagram: @bioem_leicester

KEYWORDS:CAMDU, Warwick, LLSM, Lattice, LightSheet, Microscopy, Light, Sheet, Live Cell, Dynamics

KEYWORDS:Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM, Ultramicrotomy, Critical Point Drying, Negative staining, Immunolabelling, CLEM, Biological sample preparation

SLIM provides access to state-of-the-art microscopy from wide field, confocal, super resolution to electron microscopy supported by a team of 5 talented imaging specialists with a combined 100+ years expertise in microscopy, image-analysis and sample-preparation.

The team are all Associate Fellows of the HEA and are very active in teaching imaging theory and image analysis. The facility is available for collaborative and service work both within University of Nottingham and externally.

Technology: Confocal Super resolution: STORM, PALM, SIM, STED TIRF High Content Imaging Label Free Microscopy FCS Luminescence Wide Field Histology and sample processing Electron Microscopy Teaching: Workshops in imaging theory, post processing and image analysis.

With two transmission electron microscopes and a range of preparatory equipment, the Advanced Bioimaging RTP at the University of Warwick can analyse many different types of samples for various properties. We specialise in the analysis of biological samples from proteins, viruses and bacteriophage to the ultrastructure of 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.

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SLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE IMAGING

ADVANCED BIOIMAGING RTP

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMKey Contact: Tim SelfEmail: [email protected]: 0115 8230090Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/life-sciences/facilities/slim/index.aspxTwitter: @SLIM_Nottingham

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Dr Saskia BakkerEmail: [email protected]: 02476574095Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/bioimaging/whatwecando/ Twitter: @strucbiowarwick

KEYWORDS:Microscopy, Imaging, analysis, confocal, electron microscopy, histology

KEYWORDS:Cryo-TEM, transmission electron microscopy, biological samples, cellular ultrastructure, nanoparticles, size measurements, negative stain, ultrathin sectioning

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The Midlands Regional Cryo-EM Facility hosted at the Leicester Institute for Structural and Chemical Biology. Our Thermo Fisher Titan Krios G3 offers structural biologists the ability to answer important biological questions by providing a complete workflow from sample to structure. The Krios is equipped with a Falcon 3 EC and K3 direct electron detectors and a Volta Phase Plate. This has yielded 3D reconstructions of 1.9Å on user projects and 1.7Å on ideal test specimens.

Researchers can access equipment and support to complete a Cryo-EM project using either Single Particle Analysis (SPA) or Cryo-Electron Tomography (Cryo-ET) and microscope access can be done on a completely remote basis or on site. We offer sample vitrificaton using either the industry standard Thermo Fisher Vitrobot or a custom-made plunger with single-sided blotting and glow-discharging apparatus. Our High Performance Image Processing Facility completes the sample to structure workflow.

MIDLANDS REGIONAL CRYO-EM FACILITY

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERKey Contact: Christos SavvaEmail: [email protected]: 0116 229 7109Website: www.leicester.ac.uk/cryoem

KEYWORDS:Cryo-TEM, transmission electron microscopy, biological samples, structure, single particle analysis, tomography

The thin section labs have a range of cutting, mounting, sectioning and polishing equipment and resins to process a variety of materials.

Our laboratories offer standard and non-standard-sized polished thin sections and blocks for use in light and electron microscopy.

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THIN SECTION LABORATORY

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERKey Contact: Annika BurnsEmail: [email protected]: 0116 252 3792Website: https://le.ac.uk/gge/services-for-business/facilities

KEYWORDS:Thin sections, micromorphology, polished blocks

The Electron Microscopy suite at the University of Warwick is a Research Technology Platform primarily for materials research, with particular emphasis on organic and inorganic semiconductors, functional ceramics, oxides, molecular electronic systems, two dimensional materials and nanotubes.

The RTP contains a wide range of microscopes including: 2 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.

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Steve YorkEmail: [email protected]: 02476523391Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/condensedmatt/microscopy/em-rtp/Twitter: @RTP_Warwick

KEYWORDS:Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, STEM, Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM, Focused Ion Beam SEM

The nmRC is an interdisciplinary facility at the University of Nottingham, dedicated to materials imaging and analysis, from microns to atoms, open to businesses and research organisations alike. With state-of-the-art facilities allied to in-house technical and academic expertise, the Centre offers a diverse range of research and commercial capabilities.

We host a suite of over 20 instruments to facilitate imaging/analytical investigation of materials including: Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM), Focused Ion Beam SEM, Cryo-EM, Raman, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Nanocluster Fabrication, Electron Beam Lithography, ToF-SIMS with hybrid OrbiTrap functionality, Electron Microprobe Analysis and Particle sizing.

THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC)

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMKey Contact: Craig StoppielloEmail: [email protected]: 0115 748 6340Website: https://www.wisb-uow.co.uk/technology-facilities/Twitter: @UoNnmRC

KEYWORDS:Nanomaterials, Surface Analysis, Imaging, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Engineering, TEM, SEM, XPS, Raman, CryoEM Lithography, OrbiSIMS

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The ZEISS Sigma 300 Analytical Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) joins a suite of other electron microscopes as part of the University of Leicester’s Advanced Microscopy Facility. The instrument is capable of supporting a wide range of research applications and hosts a multitude of analytical detectors comprising two energy dispersive X-Ray spectrometers (EDS), a wave length dispersive spectrometer (WDS) and micro-XRF capabilities.

This allows for a combination of high resolution imagery with accurate and precise major and trace element chemical 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.

The central Electron Microscope Unit houses two JEOL transmission electron microscopes (TEM) and a Hitachi S4500 cold field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM).

The high contrast, JEOL1230 TEM is ideal for biological electron microscopy of ultrathin sections, although it has also been used for magnetic nanoparticle and viral characterisation by negative staining, providing a simple approach to evaluate samples before imaging on high-end cryo-TEMs. The JEOL100CX has X-ray microanalysis attachment designed primarily for semi-thin section elemental analysis and mapping.

The SEM is used for high resolution imaging, achieving better than 1.5 nm resolution at 5 kV. It has been used for publications in high ranking 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.

ANALYTICAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND AUTOMATED MINERALOGY

KEELE UNIVERSITY CENTRAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERKey Contact: Dr Tom KnottEmail: [email protected]: 0116 252 3649Website: https://www2.le.ac.uk/colleges/scieng/research/lanser

KEELE UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Simon HolbornEmail: [email protected]: https://www.keele.ac.uk/emunit/

KEYWORDS:Scanning Electron Microscopy, EDS, WDS, micro-XRF, Automated Mineralogy, Imaging, Materials

KEYWORDS:Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM, Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM

The EMS@WMG is a department-centralised research platform, offering a range of advanced materials characterisation tools for users within WMG, the University and beyond.

It has complementary facilities to the other electron microscopy centres at Warwick and specialises in particular on the analysis of steels (full through the length scale chemical and crystallographic analysis) and battery materials (full airless transfer work flow).

The suite has 2 FEG-SEMs (with EDS, EBSD, WDS and various insitu mechanical stages), 2 dualbeam FIB-SEMs (with EBSD and SIMS) 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.

XRF is an analytical technique used to determine the elemental composition of materials. The facility includes a fully equipped sample preparation laboratory with powder pellet press, automated 4 position gas fusion bead maker, furnaces, drying ovens and analytical balances supported by a crushing and milling facility.

Our instrument laboratory consists of a WD-XRF which is used for the quantitative and qualitative analyses of samples to a high degree of precision and repeatability with concentrations down to 1ppm for some elements. There is also a handheld ED-XRF with a portable work station for rapid analysis of samples, both lab based and in the field.

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WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY FACILITY (XRF)

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Geoff WestEmail: [email protected]: 02476 573501Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERKey Contact: Lin MarvinEmail: [email protected]: 0116 2523817Website: https://le.ac.uk/gge/services-for-business/facilities

KEYWORDS:Scanning Electron Microscopy, Focused Ion Beam, (Scanning) / Transmission Electron Microscopy, Precession Electron Diffraction, X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Nanoindentation

KEYWORDS:X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer, pXRF, powder pellets, fusion beads, analytical balances, furnaces, drying ovens

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The X-ray diffraction RTP offers state-of-the-art X-ray scattering services, primarily for material research. It is headed by the academic director, Professor Richard Walton and the facility manager, Dr David Walker. Our team are highly knowledgeable and have multi-disciplined expertise.

The RTP has powder XRD, high-resolution XRD, single-crystal XRD for small molecule structural solution and a WDXRF system for elemental analysis from B-U. A dedicated SAXS instrument is available for polymer / nanomaterial research including liquid dispersed nanoparticles, gels, powders and thin films (GISAXS). A wide range of services are available, including phase ID, structural determination, lattice parameter determination, in-situ diffraction and more.

X-RAY DIFFRACTION RTP

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: David WalkerEmail: [email protected]: 024 76151299Website: www.warwick.ac.uk/go/x-rayTwitter: @WISB_SynBioCtre

KEYWORDS:X-ray Diffraction, XRD, SAXS, XRF, High-resolution, Scattering, powder XRD, Structural solution, nanomaterials, reflectivity, stress, texture, GISAXS, non-ambient

The School of Chemistry X-ray Crystallography Laboratory possesses five single crystal X-ray diffractometers and one powder X-ray diffractometer. Researchers within the School of Chemistry can be trained to use the instruments whilst the Crystal Structure Service staff collect and analyse data for external users.

The single crystal diffractometers are equipped with CryoStreams for data collections in the temperature range 80-500 K. The laboratory also possesses a Malvern PANalytical Xpert PRO powder diffractometer (Cu Ka1 monochromated source) setup to measure data in reflection mode (Bragg-Brentano geometry) or in capillary mode. The powder diffractometer has an automatic sample changer for high throughput analyses.

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CHEMISTRY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMKey Contact: Stephen ArgentEmail: [email protected]: 0115 7484065Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/research/research-infrastructure.aspxTwitter: @NottsChemistry

KEYWORDS:Crystallography, X-ray diffraction, single crystal, powder crystal

We operate a Thermo Scientific iCAP-Qc quadrupole ICP mass spectrometer, for high-sensitivity measurement of trace elements and isotope ratios in solutions and via laser ablation.

Solutions: Sample introduction is via a Cetac ASX-520 AutoSampler, for analysis of chemically digested samples in an aqueous 2% nitric acid matrix.

Laser Ablation: Sample introduction is via a New Wave Research-ESI 213nm laser unit, fitted with a two-volume ablation cell for in-situ analysis of a range of geological, engineering and archaeological materials.

(LA)-ICP-MS

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERKey Contact: Adam CoxEmail: [email protected]: 0116 2523625Website: https://le.ac.uk/gge/services-for-business/facilitiesTwitter: @RTP_Warwick

KEYWORDS:LA-ICP-MS, ICP-MS, laser, Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, trace elemental analysis

The Warwick Photoemission Facility provides advanced surface analysis via x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) and low energy electron diffraction (LEED). These techniques provide high precision composition, chemical state and electronic analysis of the surfaces of solid materials.

The Facility has two modern spectrometers available and can be a useful tool in research across the full spectrum of the sciences, including nanoparticles, biocatalysis, semiconductors, polymers, plastics, photovoltaics, coatings, batteries, metallics, pharmaceuticals and more. Regular users can request hands on training both for using the equipment and interpreting their data.

WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION FACILITY

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Dr Marc WalkerEmail: [email protected]: 02476 151776Website: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/XPS

KEYWORDS:X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, XPS, Ultraviolet PhotoelectronSpectroscopy, UPS, Surface Analysis, Surface Science, SurfaceChemistry, Composition Analysis, Materials, Angle-ResolvedPhotoemission, ARPES, Low Energy Electron Diffraction, LEED

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We provide mass spectrometry and chromatography services to support synthesis and general analytical problem solving. We run a suite of instruments with a wide variety of available ion-sources including ESI, APCI, MALDI, EI,CI, FD and FI ionisation techniques with GC-MS and LC-MS and solid probe inlets available.

Equipment/Techniques Available: 1. Bruker ESI-TOF MicroTOF II open access high-res mass spectrometer 2. Bruker Impact II ultra-high resolution mass spectrometer UHPLC 3.

Jeol AccuTOF GCX (TOF-MS) accurate mass GC-MS with range of solid probes 4. Thermo single quad ITQ with Trace 1300 GC-MS with headspace sampler 5. Bruker Ultraflex III MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer.

The NMR National Research Facility (funded by EPSRC and BBRSC) hosted at Warwick is based around an existing 850 MHz solid-state NMR spectrometer enabling applications across the physical and life science, including battery technology and energy materials, catalysts, pharmaceuticals, plant cell wall physiology and protein structural biology.

The UK's first 1 GHz solid-state NMR spectrometer is expected to be installed later in 2020. There are other solid-state NMR instruments located at Warwick, outside the 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.

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY

UK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE NMR FACILITY

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMKey Contact: Ben Pointer-GleadhillEmail: [email protected]: 07896807334Website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/analytical

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Dinu Iuga (NRF Technical Director)Email: [email protected] Telephone: 024761 50814 Website: warwick.ac.uk/go/850mhz

KEYWORDS:Mass spectrometry, LC-MS, accurate mass, GC-MS, HPLC, MALDI,electron ionisation

KEYWORDS:Solid-state NMR, Magic Angle Spinning (MAS), battery technology, pharmaceuticals, plant cell wall physiology, protein structural biology

The facility houses a range of instruments for the analysis of gases and vapours emanating of a range of sources including food and drink, agriculture, manufactured parts and biological samples (from humans or animals).

Capacity is available to test a large number of samples, as well as being able to test more challenging form factors.

The facility including three different electronic noses (instruments that replicate the biological olfactory system) in both a fixed laboratory and handheld formats, three FAIMS machines (including an autosampled version) and three GC-IMS instruments (autosampled and direct analysis).

We also have ATD-GC-TOF-MS for chemical identification and other portable gas analysers for off-site measurements.

The DNP MAS NMR facility is the first and only commercial facility of its kind in the UK, established at the University of Nottingham in 2015. The facility is open to external users and an application scheme makes it possible for users to apply for instrument time either for feasibility studies (pilot studies) or for full research projects through paid access.

The state-of-the-art technique increases the sensitivity of normal solid-state NMR by orders of magnitude and gives a unique insight into structures of a wide range of molecules covering energy materials, catalysts, biomolecules, porous materials among others.

We can give advise on the feasibility of experiments and can provide support for project design and planning, sample preparation, and data analysis.

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VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY

NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: James CovingtonEmail: [email protected]: 07876877899Website: www.warwick.ac.uk/go/BSLTwitter: @WarwickEngineer

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAMKey Contact: Subhradip PaulEmail: [email protected]: 0115 7486278Website: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/dnpnmr/home.aspx

KEYWORDS:Electronic nose, Machine olfaction, gas analysis, VOC analysis, GC-MS, headspace analysis, Portable VOC measurements

KEYWORDS:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry, Structural Studies, Catalysts, Energy materials, Biomolecules

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We are a polymer and materials characterisation facility based at the university of Warwick that exist to support research internally and externally. Our facility contains ~30 instruments that cover a variety of polymer analysis needs. Our main specialities are GPC/SEC, thermal analysis (DSC, TGA, DMA) and particle sizing, however, many more instruments are available, including HPLC, GC and FTIR.

We offer many forms of service from single sample to bespoke design of analytical experiments. This includes discussions to help devise the best course of action with respect to analytical challenges. We also offer some bespoke synthesis requests.

POLYMER CHARACTERISATION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Daniel LesterEmail: [email protected]: 02476574147Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/ris/impactinnovation/impact/warwick-scientific-services/polymercharacterisationTwitter: @Polymer_RTP

KEYWORDS:GPC, SEC, Gel Permeation Chromatography, Size ExclusionChromatography, Polymer Analysis, Polymer Characterisation, TGA, DSC, DMA, Thermal Analysis, Materials Testing

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The Spectroscopy RTP offers state of the art capabilities in Raman, photoluminescence (PL), optical absorption (UV-Vis and FT-IR) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. Diffraction limited imaging is available for Raman, PL and FT-IR.

Individually or in combination these spectroscopic techniques is able to offer a non-destructive route for the identification and characterisation of a wide range of materials.

The facility can offer variable temperature experiments from 4 K to 1500 K across most techniques and provide bespoke experiments to meet specific needs.

Data can be either collected on your behalf and analysed using specialist analysis packages by the facility staff; or for regular users hands on training can be provided.

SPECTROSCOPY RTP

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Ben BreezeEmail: [email protected]: 02476 572 862 Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/research/rtp/spectroscopyTwitter: @RTP_Warwick

KEYWORDS:Optical Spectroscopy, Raman, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Electron Paramagnetic resonance EPR, Photoluminescence, Materials, Imaging

The Warwick Centre for Ultrafast Spectroscopy (WCUS) provides a suite of spectroscopic techniques that examine how materials respond after absorbing light on femtosecond (10^-15 s) timescales. Our state-of-the-art laser experiments can probe electronic and structural dynamics using ultraviolet (>235 nm) through to infrared (<20 microns) light as well as in the terahertz regime.

The techniques have been used to study light activated prodrugs and sunscreens, as well as electron mobility, phase dynamics and beyond in novel materials (eg semiconductors, organic electronics). “Steady-state” UV/visible/IR/THz absorption as well as photoluminescence techniques, allow us to fingerprint molecules before delving deeper with ultrafast study.

WARWICK CENTRE FOR ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Michael StaniforthEmail: [email protected]: 02476 151013Website: go.warwick.ac.uk/wcus

KEYWORDS:Ultrafast spectroscopy, terahertz spectroscopy, semiconductors, quantum materials, photostability, prodrugs and nanomedicine, infrared spectrsocopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, transient absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy

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The Micro-focus XCT facility provides high-resolution X-ray CT scanning capabilities to enable the 3D imaging of a wide range of materials and geometries.

Located in the Centre for Imaging, Metrology and Additive Technologies (CiMAT) at WMG, and part of the EPSRC National Research Facility for X-ray Computed Tomography, our facility has four CT scanners, ranging from a high power/high penetration system capable of scanning large metallic objects (e.g automotive engines and electric drive units), through to a lab grade ultra-high resolution system, capable of achieving resolutions of a few hundred nanometres, and a high speed CT system capable of 4D imaging of samples in dynamic states (eg under load in compression rigs).

MICRO-FOCUS X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AT WMG

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Alex AttridgeEmail: [email protected]: 07887 682065Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/research/materials/metrology/about/ct/

KEYWORDS:X-ray Computed Tomography, NDT, Micro-focus XCT, High-power XCT, In-situ scanning, Material characterisation, Digital imaging

The AIRC fosters collaboration between industry and academia and provides capabilities comparable with the leading aerospace facilities across Europe and the world.

One of the AIRC’s unique features is its focus on integration, where new aerospace technologies are rapidly developed and tested for current and future aircraft and airspace concepts.

This is supported by centre-based facilities including our visualisation screens, flight simulators and air traffic management simulator which enable the development time from idea to implementation to be shortened.

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.

AEROSPACE INTEGRATION RESEARCH CENTRE (AIRC)

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITYKey Contact: James Fowler - Senior Technical OfficerEmail: [email protected] Telephone: 01234 750111 ext: 5180Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/centres/aerospace-integration-research-centre LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cranfield-university/Twitter: @CranfieldUni

KEYWORDS:Aerospace technologies and integration, aircraft, airspace, flight simulators, air traffic management, air transportation, unmanned aerial vehicles, engineering photonics, intelligent automation

MUEAVI is a £9 million ‘smart’ roadway test environment for the development of intelligent and autonomous vehicles (on and off highway, ground and airborne solutions), the first of its kind in the UK next to an airport and within the controlled setting of a university campus.

It includes the associated systems needed to integrate emerging technologies into our day-to-day lives, encompassing vehicles, infrastructure, data, logistics, environment, sensors and their implementation and management.

In the middle of the facility, within the Intelligent Mobility Engineering Centre (IMEC), there are vehicle workshops, vehicle electrification, autonomous vehicle, simulation, mechatronics and control systems laboratories.

CIC is one of just two FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) approved test centres in the world, used for crash-testing Formula One cars.

It is an internationally respected facility with expertise in vehicle crashworthiness and occupant simulation, conducting leading research that provides highly effective solutions.

CIC is also an approved consultancy by the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) for both EC Regulation R66 coach rollover Type Approval and R80 and can be used for sled deceleration testing of structures and dummies, moment of inertia and centre of gravity measurement and finite element modelling of accident reconstruction.

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MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INNOVATION (MUEAVI)

CRANFIELD IMPACT CENTRE (CIC)

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Simon Stranks - Specialist Technician for MUEAVI facilityEmail: [email protected] Telephone: 01234 754675 or 754674Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/facilities/mueavi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cranfield-university/Twitter: @CranfieldUni

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITYKey Contact: James Watson - Cranfield Impact Centre ManagerEmail: [email protected]: 01234 754149Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/facilities/cranfield-impact-centre LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cranfield-university/Twitter: @CranfieldUni

KEYWORDS: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

KEYWORDS:Crash and impact testing, crashworthiness, vehicle safety, accident reconstruction, vehicle engineering, lightweight structures and materials, sled testing of structures and dummies

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Our laser machining facility consists of two Oxford Lasers systems: the E-Series (34 ns, 355 nm Nd:YAG) and the A-Series (15 ns, 532 nm Nd:YAG), both fitted with high-resolution CNC stages.

These systems are capable of drilling, cutting and milling a wide variety of materials with high precision. Macro/micrometer scale features can be machined in metals, plastics, composites, wafers, diamond.

Applications include: sectioning wafers; cutting thin metal sheets; milling surface features; mask fabrication; machining complex geometries; surface roughening; materials that are difficult to machine by other methods.

WARWICK LASER MICROMACHINING

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Claire HurleyEmail: [email protected]: 024 7652 4603Website: warwick.ac.uk/micromachining

KEYWORDS:Laser Micromachining, Drilling, Milling, Cutting, Composites, Polymers, Metal, Diamond, Mask Fabrication, Complex Geometries, Surface Roughening

The analytical laboratory within Geography and Environment at Loughborough University is equipped for the quantitative assessment of chemical and physical properties of water, soils and sediments from fluvial, glacial and aeolian environments.

Equipment includes: Ion Chromatograph (IC) Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyser Laser Particle Sizer UV-Visible Spectrophotometer Freeze Drier Muffle Furnaces This facility is predominantly research based with technical staff supporting both teaching and research across a range of disciplines.

For further information, queries or support please refer to our contact information.

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Sarah WappatEmail: [email protected]: 01509 222263Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geography-environment/facilities/

KEYWORDS:Geography, Soils, Sediment, Water Analysis, Ion Chromatography, Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Laser Particle Sizer, Spectrophotometer

The EAF is utilised by research staff across the University (including environment, agrifood, water, energy and power) for chemical, biological and materials analysis.

It provides students and staff with first-class teaching and flexible research facilities, offering a variety of analyses on a confidential and contract basis to a broad partner and client base.

External partners and businesses can utilise the EAF analytical services: a service providing bespoke analysis of environmental samples; ideal for small numbers or occasional samples; analysis carried out by experienced technical staff; competitively priced; access to our academics’ expertise.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY (EAF)

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Richard AndrewsEmail: [email protected]: 01234 750111Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/facilities/environmental-analytical-facility LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cranfield-university/Twitter: @CranfieldUni

KEYWORDS: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, volatiles evaluation, algae growth and harvesting, small scale anaerobic digestion, complete gas handling system

The soil management facility provides a world-class resource for the detailed study of interactions between soil, crops/plants, water, agricultural machinery and off-road vehicles. The facility allows controlled simulation of agricultural and environmental systems at the soil aggregate to sub-field scale.

The equipment can also be used for product performance testing (eg agrochemical fate and efficacy; effectiveness of erosion control technologies).

A soil erosion laboratory includes pressurised and gravity-fed rainfall simulators that simulate temperate and tropical rainfall, with realistic drop sizes, intensities and kinetic energies, for a range of return period storm events.

The National Research Facility for Water and Wastewater Treatment provides UK researchers with the unique ability to test, at scale, plants with real water. It is directly linked to Cranfield University’s 4,500 population equivalent sewage treatment works and can also receive imported water.

The facility is supplied with compressed air, potable water and electricity with a total floor plan of 420m2 and height of 8.7m. The facility has ten modular bays for wastewater and eight modular bays for drinking water treatment projects.

Recently upgraded with funding provided by UKCRIC, the facility also now has dedicated drinking water treatment facilities with two near real scale pilot plants operating in parallel. Storage of up to 30m3 of drinking water is available for treatment.

SOIL MANAGEMENT FACILITY

NATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Ceri DawsonEmail: [email protected]: 01234 750111 ext. 5666 Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/facilities/soil-management-facility LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cranfield-university/Twitter: @CranfieldUni

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Nigel JanesEmail: [email protected]: 01234 750111 ext. 3346 Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/facilities/pilot-plant-hall-facility LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cranfield-university/Twitter: @CranfieldUni

KEYWORDS:Soil management and erosion, crops, water, agricultural machinery, off-road vehicles, agrochemicals, cultivation, sowing, rainfall, hydrological processes, geotextiles, runoff, meteorological data, weeding, pesticides

KEYWORDS:Sewage treatment, drinking water treatment, wastewater, water science, pilot facility, water monitoring and testing

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The Wolfson School Electronics Workshop has a wealth of technical knowledge and equipment.

This includes experience in printed circuit board (PCB) design and manufacture, programming micro-controllers, through to the design and manufacture of electrical cabinets, and additive manufacturing.

Equipment includes, but not restricted to:

- PCB Development and Etch Tanks- PCB Drill and Router- PCB Reflow Oven

As such, the Electronics Workshop is happy to provide design and manufacturing advice.

WOLFSON SCHOOLELECTRONICS WORKSHOP ATLOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Matt Biddulph (Electronics Technician)Email: [email protected]: 01509 227540Website: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/ departments/meme/about/facilities/

KEYWORDS:Printed Circuit Board (PCB), Arduino, Micro-Controllers, Electrical Cabinets, CAD, Ultimaker

The Warwick Thermal Energy Facility consists of a range of thermal analysis and testing equipment. The facility includes the Thermal Properties Laboratory, containing a suite of materials analysis equipment for various techniques: thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), high-pressure calorimetry (DSC), dilatometry (TMA) and conductivity measurements (XFA, GHP).

We also have facilities suitable for testing larger prototypes including the Large Solar Simulator, Environmental Chambers and the ThermExS Laboratory.

We work alongside the Warwick Sustainable Thermal Energy Technologies research group, who have extensive expertise in developing a wide range of low-carbon heating and cooling technologies. For a full range of equipment visit our website.

COTEC performs independent test and evaluation on munitions, weapon systems, pyrotechnic and explosive stores, and conducts disposals and demilitarisation, although its extensive range facilities are suitable for testing other materials and equipment.

COTEC is situated on the edge of Salisbury Plain and is part of Cranfield University, academic provider to the UK Defence Academy at Shrivenham.

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 Establishment, commercial defence suppliers and manufacturers.

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WARWICK THERMAL ENERGY FACILITY

CRANFIELD ORDNANCE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTRE (COTEC)

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Jake LockeEmail: [email protected]: 02476575187Website: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/stet

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Trevor LawrenceEmail: [email protected]: 01380 813251Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/centres/centre-for-defence-chemistry/cranfield-ordnance-test-and-evaluation-centre LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cranfield-university/Twitter: @CranfieldUni

KEYWORDS:Thermal Analysis, Materials Testing, Thermal Conductivity, Calorimetry, Dilatometry, Sorption, Solar Simulator, Humidity, Heating and Cooling

KEYWORDS:Defence and security, firing range, munitions testing, ammunition proofing, ordnance proofing, explosive trials, bullet and fragment attack, fragmentation trials, testing and evaluation, flare test track, high altitude test facility, pyrotechnics

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The SC RTP provides a Linux-based shared infrastructure for research computing. We manage a Linux research computing environment deployed to hundreds of PCs and workstations and also accessible via remote desktop.

The RTP hosts Warwick’s High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters for batch processing of computationally intensive workflows, such as large-scale simulations, high throughput parameter searches and analysis of large datasets. This is housed in a recently refurbished machine room.

Our Research Software Engineering (RSE) team provide training and consultancy as well as more direct support via secondment to research projects. Please see our website for hardware specifications.

SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM (SC RTP)

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKKey Contact: Dr Matt IsmailEmail: [email protected] and [email protected]: 07896807334Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/research/rtp/scTwitter: @RTP_Warwick

KEYWORDS:Scientific Computing, Research Computing, Research Software Engineering, High Performance Computing, Linux

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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 SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR

KEELE UNIVERSITYKey Contact: Sidrah Khan, SEND Programme Delivery ManagerEmail: [email protected]: 01782 732964Image credits: Keele Uni/Siemens

KEYWORDS:Smart Energy Network Demonstrator, Intelligent Energy Generation, Living Laboratory

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ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTIONCRANFIELD IMPACT CENTRE (CIC) 31

AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES AND INTEGRATIONAEROSPACE INTEGRATION RESEARCH CENTRE (AIRC) 31

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERYSOIL MANAGEMENT FACILITY 33

AGROCHEMICALSPLANT GROWTH FACILITY 14

ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING (ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE)WARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING FACILITY 09AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING AND MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 10

AUTOMATIONAUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING AND MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 10

BIOINFORMATICSDEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FACILITY 10BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 15

BIOMARKERSPHENOME CENTRE BIRMINGHAM 14

BLOOD CELL COUNTERSCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES 13

BULLET AND FRAGMENT ATTACKCRANFIELD ORDNANCE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTRE (COTEC) 35

CALORIMETRYWARWICK THERMAL ENERGY FACILITY 34

CELL SORTINGWISB FLOW CYTOMETRY AND CELL SORTING FACILITY 08UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY 08

CLEMCORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 19

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPYBIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 17SLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE IMAGING 18

CRASH AND IMPACT TESTINGCRANFIELD IMPACT CENTRE (CIC) 31

CRYO-TEMADVANCED BIOIMAGING RTP 19MIDLANDS REGIONAL CRYO-EM FACILITY 20THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 21

DISSOLUTION TESTINGHEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 13

DRUG DISCOVERYWARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING FACILITY 09

DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION+A:NNOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 27

EEGCENTRE FOR HUMAN BRAIN HEALTH 11

ELECTRICAL CABINETSWOLFSON SCHOOL ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP AT LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY 34

ELECTRON MICROSCOPYSLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE IMAGING 18CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 19KEELE EM 23

ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE (EPR)SPECTROSCOPY RTP 29

ELECTRONIC NOSEVOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 26

FLIGHT SIMULATORSAEROSPACE INTEGRATION RESEARCH CENTRE (AIRC) 31

FLOW CYTOMETRY (FACS)WISB FLOW CYTOMETRY AND CELL SORTING FACILITY 08UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY 08STEMLAB BIOSUITE 12

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPYWARWICK CENTRE FOR ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY 29

FLUORESCENT LIGHT MICROSCOPY (FLUORESCENCE)ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES 17BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 17

FOCUSED ION BEAM SEMELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 21WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 22

FT-IRSPECTROSCOPY RTP 29

GAS AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHYENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY (EAF) 32

GC-MSSCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 26VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 26

GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY (GPC)POLYMER CHARACTERISATION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 28

GENOMICSDEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FACILITY 10

HAZARD GROUP 3 ORGANISMSCONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 (C3) FACILITY 09

HEADSPACE ANALYSISVOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 26

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTINGSCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM (SC RTP) 35

HPLCSCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 26

IMAGING FLOW CYTOMETRYUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY 08

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY (ICP-MS)(LA)-ICP-MS 25

INSTRUMENTED VEHICLESMULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INNOVATION (MUEAVI) 30

INTELLIGENT AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESMULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INNOVATION (MUEAVI) 36

INTELLIGENT ENERGY GENERATION KEELE UNIVERSITY SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR 36

ION CHROMATOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 32

LASER MICROMACHININGWARWICK LASER MICROMACHINING 30

LASER PARTICLE SIZERGEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 32

LATTICE LIGHTSHEETWARWICK LATTICE LIGHT SHEET 18

LIVING LABORATORY KEELE UNIVERSITY SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR 36

LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (LEED)WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION FACILITY 25

MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING (MAS)UK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE NMR FACILITY 27NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 27

MALDISCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 26

MASK FABRICATIONWARWICK LASER MICROMACHINING 30

MASS SPECTROMETRYPROTEOMICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 16ADVANCED MASS SPECTROMETRY FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 16(LA)-ICP-MS 25SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND CHROMATOGRAPHY 20VOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 26

MEGCENTRE FOR HUMAN BRAIN HEALTH 11

METABOLICSPHENOME CENTRE BIRMINGHAM 14

MICROBIOLOGY ROBOTIC SCREENING (HIGH THROUGHPUT)WARWICK ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING FACILITY 09AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING AND MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 10

MICROBIOREACTORAUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT LIQUID HANDLING AND MICROBIOREACTOR PLATFORMS 10

MICROMORPHOLOGYTHIN SECTION LABORATORY 20

MICROSCALE THERMOPHORESISLABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTION ANALYSIS 12

GLOSSARY:MICROSCOPYSTEMLAB BIOSUITE 12ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES 17BIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 17WARWICK LATTICE LIGHT SHEET 18SLIM / SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCE IMAGING 18CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 19ADVANCED BIOIMAGING RTP 19MIDLANDS REGIONAL CRYO-EM FACILITY 20THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 21ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 21ANALYTICAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND AUTOMATED MINERALOGY 22WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 22KEELE EM 23

MODELS OF INFECTIONCONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 (C3) FACILITY 09

MRICENTRE FOR HUMAN BRAIN HEALTH 11

MUNITIONS TESTINGCRANFIELD ORDNANCE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTRE (COTEC) 35

NANOINDENTATIONWMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 22

NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGYNEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ORGAN BATH PHARMACOLOGY LABORATORY 11

NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCINGDEEP SEQ: NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING FACILITY 10

NMR SPECTROSCOPYLEICESTER INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 15UK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE NMR FACILITY 27NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 27

OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPYSPECTROSCOPY RTP 29

ORBISIMSTHE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 21

ORGAN BATH PHARMACOLOGYNEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ORGAN BATH PHARMACOLOGY LABORATORY 11

PILOT FACILITYNATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 33

PLANT AND ROOT PHENOTYPINGPLANT GROWTH FACILITY 14

PLANT GROWTH (SOIL-CROP SYSTEMS)PLANT GROWTH FACILITY 14

PLATE READERSSTEMLAB BIOSUITE 12

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB)WOLFSON SCHOOL ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP AT LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY 34

PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONSLEICESTER INSTITUTE OF STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 15LABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTION ANALYSIS 12

PROTEOMICS (POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION)PROTEOMICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 16ADVANCED MASS SPECTROMETRY FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 16BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 15

PYROTECHNICSCRANFIELD ORDNANCE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTRE (COTEC) 35

RAMANTHE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 21SPECTROSCOPY RTP 29

RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGSCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM (SC RTP) 35

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM)CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 19THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 21ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 21ANALYTICAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND AUTOMATED MINERALOGY 22WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 22KEELE EM 23

SEWAGE TREATMENTNATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 33

SINGLE CELL (SINGLE CELL CLONING)UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM FLOW CYTOMETRY FACILITY 08

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY (SEC)POLYMER CHARACTERISATION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 28

SLED TESTING OF STRUCTURES AND DUMMIESCRANFIELD IMPACT CENTRE (CIC) 31

SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (SAXS)X-RAY DIFFRACTION RTP 24

SMALL SCALE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY (EAF) 32

SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATORKEELE UNIVERSITY SMART ENERGY NETWORK DEMONSTRATOR 36

SOIL MANAGEMENT AND EROSIONSOIL MANAGEMENT FACILITY 33

SOLAR SIMULATORWARWICK THERMAL ENERGY FACILITY 34

SOLID-STATE NMRUK HIGH-FIELD SOLID-STATE NMR FACILITY 27NOTTINGHAM DNP MAS NMR FACILITY 27

SPINNING DISKADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES 17

SPRLABEL FREE BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTION ANALYSIS 12

TABLET PREPARATIONHEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 13

TABLET TESTINGHEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 13

TEST TRACKMULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INNOVATION (MUEAVI) 30

THERMAL ANALYSIS (TGA AND DSC)POLYMER CHARACTERISATION RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 28WARWICK THERMAL ENERGY FACILITY 34

THIN SECTIONSTHIN SECTION LABORATORY 20

TIRFBIRMINGHAM ADVANCED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (BALM) 17

TISSUE CULTURESTEMLAB BIOSUITE 12

TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC)GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 32

TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPYWARWICK CENTRE FOR ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY 29

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM)CORE BIOTECHNOLOGY SERVICES ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FACILITY 19ADVANCED BIOIMAGING RTP 19MIDLANDS REGIONAL CRYO-EM FACILITY 20THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 21ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 21WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 22KEELE EM 23

ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPYWARWICK CENTRE FOR ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY 29

ULTRASOUNDSCHOOL OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES 13

ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (UPS)WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION FACILITY 25

VOC ANALYSISVOC AND GAS ANALYSIS FACILITY 26

WATER ANALYSISGEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT 32ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL FACILITY (EAF) 32NATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 33

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD)X-RAY DIFFRACTION RTP 24CHEMISTRY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 24

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF)WMG ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SUITE 22X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY FACILITY (XRF) 23X-RAY DIFFRACTION RTP 24

X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS)THE NANOSCALE AND MICROSCALE RESEARCH CENTRE (NMRC) 21WARWICK PHOTOEMISSION FACILITY 25

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