Equipment and Services

We have a diverse range of equipment for use by industry. A small selection of these are grouped within three broad thematic areas below.

Medical & Life Sciences

The University has world-class expertise in life science and medicine and a wide range of services and facilities accessible for use:

Biomedical Imaging: Clinical and pre-clinical MRI and PET CT, Scanning Laser Ophthalmology and Single Photon Emission and Computed Tomography.
Applied Health Sciences: specialist services in medical statistics, public involvement and survey methodology.
Medical Sciences: Access high quality research support and facilities inside the largest medical campus in Europe
Nutrition and Health

Explore the University's facilities related to chemistry, engineering, materials and testing:

Power systems, Communication, and Optics: production and testing equipment
Fluid Mechanics: large water flumes and oscillatory flow tunnels.
Facilities in Chemistry:Biomolecular, Medicinal, Environmental, and Materials Chemistry.
Energy: facilities and services related to many oil & gas and energy projects.
SEM: high resolution Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope with SE, BSE and CL detectors.

A range of analytical services and facilities linked to diverse and long-standing research expertise in the environmental and biological sciences.

Marine Biodiscovery: screening libraries, expertise and state-of-the-art facilities.
Oceanlab: sub-sea research facility capable of operating down to 11000 metres. Commercial services and facilities widely used by the offshore and marine industry sector.
Trace Element Speciation: ICP-MS and ES-MS for the identification of environmental and biological processes in which metals and metalloids play a central role.
Plant, Soil and Food Systems
Fish Immunology: investigating molecular and cellular aspects of the fish immune systems.