Core Facilities: all equipment
Atomic Force Microscope
Powerful tool used to measure properties of a sample surface. Such properties include roughness, height and depth.
01 Zwick Tensile Tester
Screw driven tensile tester
02 Biaxial Tensile Tester- Old
Biaxial Tensile Tester
03 Biaxial Tensile Tester- New
Biaxial Tensile Tester- New
04 DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimeter)
Measures thermal properties of materials
05 NHT (Nano Hardness Tester)
Indenting system for measuring hardness and modulus of materials
05 Rheometer
Used to measure the viscosity of liquids under various conditions
06 Tribometer
Pin on Disc Tribometer system for wear measurement
07 Inverted Fluorescent Microscope- Biomedical Engineering
Inverted Fluorescent Microscope IX51
08 Live Cell Imaging Microscope
An Olympux IX51 Inverted Fluorescent Microscope with a thermally controlled gas perfusion chamber for imaging cells in culture.
09 Video Extensometer
Uses video capture to measure stress/strain of an object
10 Enduratec
Bose EnduraTEC ELF 3200 - Uniaxial compression/tension testing system for dynamic and fatigue tests.
11 Dongle for Video Extensometer
Software Dongle for Video Extensometer
12 High Resolution Micro CT Scanner
High Resolution Micro CT Scanner is a specimen x ray scanner for high resolution scanning of materials.
Alpha Innotech Gel Doc/Chemiluminescence System
Photographs DNA gels
Chemiluminescence for Western Blots
BD Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer
Flow Cytometer Analyser (2 laser 4 colour)
BD FACS Canto II
Flow cytometer analyser (3 laser 8 colour)
BD FACSAriaII
High speed cell sorter ( 4 laser 9 colour)
BD FACSCanto A
Flow Cytometer Analyser (2 laser 6 colour)
Bioanalyzer
Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer Electrophoresis System for sizing, quantification and quality control of DNA, RNA, proteins and cells
Biorad Bioplex 200
A multiplex array system for the detection of multiple analytes from a single sample.
Bioreactor Incubator 1
5%CO2 Incubator for Bioreactor Work
Bioreactor Incubator 2
5% CO2 Incubator for Bioreactor Work
DNA Microarray Scanner
Agilent DNA Microarray Scanner
EnSpire Alpha Plate Reader
Perkin Elmer EnSpire Plate Reader for Alpha Technology
Flow cytometry data analysis PC # 1
Sofware available: Flowjo v7.6.5; Flowjo vX
Flow Cytometry Data Analysis PC #2
Software available: Diva v6.1.3; ModFit LT 3.3; CFlow Sampler (Accuri software)
FluorChem
AlphaInnotech FluorChem Chemiluminescent Imaging System
FTIR
The FTIR system at the NCBES consists of the FTIR-8300 and the AIM-8800.
GeneAmp 9700 A
Applied Biosystems GeneAmp 9700 A Thermal Cycler
GeneAmp 9700 B
Applied Biosystems GeneAmp 9700 B Thermal Cycler
GenePix Pro
Molecular Devices GenePix Pro Microarray Image Analysis Software
Glassware Washer 1 Steris Reliance 500XLS
Glassware Washer 1
Glassware Washer 2 Steris Reliance 500XLS
Steris Reliance 500XLS
Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope with EDX Analysis System (NCBES)
The Hitachi S-4700 SEM allows high resolution imaging of surfaces.
Hitachi Transmission Electron Microscope (NCBES)
Powerful microscope used to image ultrafine structure.
Hypoxia TC Hood BRB-1017
Tissue Culture Hood
Image Station 4000MM Pro
Kodak Image Station 4000MM Pro
ImageStream®X Mark II Imaging Flow Cytometer
High throughput, high resolution imaging flow cytometer
Inverted Fluorescent Microscope
The inverted fluorescent microscope is used for 2d fluorescent and brightfield imaging of both live and fixed specimens.
THIS MICROSCOPE CAN BE BOOKED USING THE BOOKING SHEET ON THE DOOR TO 305B
JANUS Automated Workstation
The Perkin Elmer Janus Automated Workstation Elmer is designed to efficiently automate liquid handling and detection procedures.
Leica CM1850 Cryostat
The Leica CM1850 cryostat design incorporates emphasis on power savings, increased efficiency and operator safety.
Belongs to Prof. Sanbing Shen
LightCycler 480 II
Roche LightCycler 480 II Real Time PCR System
Mass spectrometer 1 - Agilent 6460 triple quadrupole LC/MS/MS system.
This instrument is the best system for quantitative analysis. It has capillary and nanoflow HPLC systems to maximise instrument sensitivity. Dr David Finns research group in pharmacology are major users and use it to quantify bioactive lipid mediators.
Mass spectrometer 2- Agilent 6510 QTOF LC/MS/MS system
This electrospray enabled system features sub 5 ppm mass accuracy in ms and ms/ms mode making it ideal for either proteomics, metabolomics and environmental applications.
Mass spectrometer 3 - Bruker HCT Ultra ion trap with Electron Transfer Dissociation(ETD)
A high capacity ion trap with ultra fast scanning and ETD functionality and great sensitivity. Proteomics workhorse but can also be used for biomolecule or environmental quantitation. Best system for peptide phosphorylation site analysis.
MESO QuickPlex SQ 120
Meso Scale Discovery MESO QuickPlex SQ 120 Electrochemiluminescence imager
Microtome
It is designed for manual routine paraffin sectioning but can also be used for cutting harder materials.
MiVac DNA Concentrator
Centrifugal vacuum concentrator to evaporate H2O and -OH based samples in tubes and microplates.
Nanodrop Spectrophotometer
Thermo Scientific Nanodrop ND-1000 Spectrophotometer
Not in use - Bright OTF5000 Cryostat
Capable of cutting a wide diversity of specimens from undecalcified bone to brain, resins, plastics and plant tissue as well as more usual soft tissue.
Operetta High Content Imaging System
Perkin Elmer Operetta Automated Confocal Imaging System
Prism 7000 Real Time PCR System
Applied Biosystems Prism 7000 Real Time PCR System
REMEDI Western Kit 1
Mini-Protean Tetra Cell Electrophoresis Tank System
REMEDI Western Kit 2
Mini-Protean Tetra Cell 2 gel Electrohphoresis tank system
Rotating Microarray Hybridisation Oven
Agilent Rotating Microarray Hybridisation Oven
ScanArray Express HT
Perkin Elmer ScanArray Express HT Microarray Scanner
Sorvall 100SE Ultra Centrifuge
Sorvall Ultra Centrifuge
SpotArray 72
Perkin Elmer SpotArray 72 Microarray Printer
StepOne Plus A
Applied Biosystems StepOne Plus Real Time PCR System
StepOne Plus B
Applied Biosystems StepOne Plus Real Time PCR System
Tali Image-Based Cytometer
An automated fluorescent cell counter
Tissue embedder
Designed for embedding histological tissue specimens in molten paraffin
Tissue processor
The ASP300 is a fully enclosed, stand-alone system for processing of up to 300 cassette-embedded samples.
Upright Fluorescent/Brightfield Microscope with Improvision Optigrid
The upright fluorescent microscope is used for fluorescent imaging of fixed specimens. The optigrid and volocity software can be used as a Pseudo Confocal for acquiring 3d imaging.
UV Transilluminator
Syngene Ultra Violet Transilluminator
Veriti Gradient Thermal Cycler
Applied Biosystems Veriti Gradient Thermal Cycler
xCELLigence Plate 1
Flexible Real-Time Cell Monitoring
xCELLigence Plate 2
Flexible Real-Time Cell Monitoring
xCELLigence Plate 3
Flexible Real-Time Cell Monitoring