Molecular Biology Unit (MBU):
- Sanger sequencing - 3730xl DNA Analyser (Applied Biosystems)
- Sanger sequencing - 9700 Dual 96-well Thermal Cycler (Applied Biosystems)
- Sanger sequencing - 9700 Dual 384-well Thermal Cycler (Applied Biosystems)
- Sanger sequencing - Veriti 96-well Thermal Cycler (Applied Biosystems)
- Sanger sequencing - Microlab STAR Robotic Workstation (Hamilton) post PCR
- Specimen Preperation Laboratory
- DNA preperation (Isolation, Purification, Quantification and Imaging)
- DNA Replication - Polymerase Chain Reaction, Library construction RNA laboratory
- Cloning laboratory (Bacterial, Yeast, Fungal)
- In situ hybridisation
- Dark Room
- Robotic High Throughput
- Tissue Culture
- Limited Insectaries
Zoology Radiography Suite:
- Philips MCN161 tube with a Tungsten target, tube voltage 160kV/10mA current
- Machlett Solar Schall tube with a copper target, tube voltage 55kV/15mA current
Electron Beam Instruments:
- High Resolution Field Emission SEM (Zeiss ULTRA Plus) with EDX analysis (Oxford Instruments Inca with X-Max 80 detector)
- Variable pressure SEM (LEO 1455VP) with EDX analysis (Oxford Instruments Inca with X-Max 80 detector)
- Variable pressure analytical SEM (Zeiss EVO 15LS) with EDX analysis (Oxford Instruments Inca with X-Max 80 detector) and cathodoluminesence imaging (Gatan Chroma CL)
- Cameca SX100 Electron Microprobe (5-spectrometer) with EDX analysis and CL imaging
- Variable Pressure, Field Emission SEM (FEI Quanta 650 ESEM FEG) with EDX analysis (Bruker Esprit with Flat Quad 5060F)
Chemical Laboratories:
- Solution ICPMS (Agilent 7700x ICPMS)
- Solution ICPAES (Thermo iCAP 6500 duo view ICP-AES)
- Ion Chromatography (Dionex ICS-3000)
- CHNS Analyser (Elementar Vario EL cube)
Optical Laboratories:
- Confocal laser scanning microscope (Nikon A1 Si fitted to an Eclipse upright microscope)
- Zeiss Axiotron Microscope with Diode Array Spectrophotometer
- Petrological microscopes (Zeiss)
- Petrological microscope (Leica DMR)
- Olympus BX63 motorised light microscope
- Olympus BX61 motorised light microscope
- Zeiss AxioZoom v. 16 motorised stereo microscope
- Zeiss Stemi v11 stereo microscope with camera
- Leica MZ 125 stereo microscope with camera
- Macrophotography stands with cameras
- Smartdrive SatScan automated large field imaging system
X-ray diffraction laboratories – a comprehensive suite of instrumentation:
- Powder Diffraction System (Nonius PDS120) with PSD detector
- Rigaku D/Max-Rapid II - Powder and Single Crystal Diffractometer with two-dimensional IP detector
- Micro Powder Diffraction System (Nonius PDS120) with GeniX High Flux Source and temperature stage (50-1200C)
- High Resolution Scanning Diffractometer (Panalytical X'Pert Pro MPD - Alpha 1)
- Xcalibur Single Crystal Diffractometer (Agilent) with Cryojet temperature stage (90-490K)
Tomography: micro-CT Nikon HMX SST 255, high resolution micro-CT Zeiss Versa 520
