TRAC-facilities, services and equipment
The University has a number of high-spec, state-of-the-art facilities that are technically supported and available for use by external researchers and industry, search the list below for services or equipment.
- For more information on equipment, try the University Equipment catalogue.
- For larger, manufacturing-based services, try the National Composites Centre.
If Bristol does not offer the service you require, try the wider regional Universities community - the GW4 partnership
Name | Services | Contact | Categories | Equipment |
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Animal Behaviour Clinic |
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Clinical Behaviour Office |
Veterinary Services, Animal welfare | |
Biological NMR Facility |
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Matt Crump |
NMR spectrometry | |
Bristol Genomics Facility |
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Jane Coghill or Christy Waterfall |
DNA & RNA analysis |
Illumina NextSeq 500, Illumina MiSeq, Affymetrix GeneTitan MC- instrument (high throughput), Affymetrix GeneChip Scanner (low throughput), Nanodrop ND-8000, Nanodrop ND-1000, Agilent TapeStation 2200, Invitrogen Qubit fluorimeter , Diagenode Bioruptor sonicator, Roche LightCycler 480, Applied Biosystems 3500 capillary electrophoresis sequencer
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Bristol University NanoESCA Laboratory (BrUNEL) |
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Neil Fox |
Surface analysis, imaging, materials analysis, electron diffraction, spectroscopy |
Scienta Omicron NanoESCA II, multichannel XPS, monochromated x-ray source, LEED, low energy electron diffration, PEEM, photoemission electron microscopy, UHV suitcase
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Centre for Nanoscience & Quantum Information (NSQI) |
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Steve Neck |
Low vibration space |
purpose built low noise and ultra-low noise labs: set in the basement, these labs achieve vibration levels lower than the lowest recognised criteria (Vibration Criteria G - VC-G). As well as anti-vibration measures, the labs are also protected from electrical noise, Mixed lab space, a sound proof chamber, class 1000 clean room, two sample preparation labs, tissue culture room |
Chemical Imaging Facility |
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Sean Davis |
Imaging, analysis, electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy |
JEOL 200 Kv Field Emission Gun TEM 2100F with STEM, electron diffraction, Gatan digital camera, Oxford Instruments Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis system (80mm2 SSD; Aztec). Gatan Cryo holder and heating holder. |
Chemical Mass Spectrometry Facility |
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Paul Gates |
Mass spectrometry, material analysis |
Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Elite High resolution (MSn) mass spectrometer with UPLC/HPLC. Waters Synapt G2S IMS-TOF mass spectrometer with Nanomate source. Bruker Daltonics UltrafleXtreme 2 High resolution MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer. Bruker Daltonics micrOTOF Focus II High resolution TOF mass spectrometer. Applied Biosystems 4700 Proteomics MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer. Bruker Daltonics Esquire 6000 Ion-trap mass spectrometer with HPLC. VG Autospec 3 sector (double focussing) mass spectrometer |
Chemical NMR Facility |
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Craig Butts |
NMR spectrometry |
Bruker 700 MHz spectrometer with 1.7 mm cryoprobe Bruker Avance 400 Bruker Avance 300 Bruker 500 MR NMR Spectromer with 13C cryoprobe JEOL Eclipse 300 NMR Spectrometer JEOL ECS 400 NMR Spectrometer JEOL ECS 300 NMR Spectrometer Varian 400 MR NMR Spectrometer Varian 500 VNMRS NMR Spectrometer Varian INOVA 600 MHz NMR Spectrometer Varian VNMRS 600 spectrometer with cryoprobe |
Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRICBristol) |
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Imaging, Clinical studies, MRI | 3T MRI scanner, sleep study rooms, clinical examination rooms, wet lab | |
Electron Microbeam Laboratories |
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Stuart Kearns |
Imaging, materials analysis, electron microscopy, spectropscopy
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Scanning Electron Microscopy, Electronprobe Microanalysis, Hitachi S-3500N variable pressure microscope equipped with Thermo Noran energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS x-ray detector), environmental secondary electron detector (ESED) and BSE detector, JEOL JXA8530F Hyperprobe (EPMA), Field Emission Gun electron source, Cameca SX100 microprobe, 5 wavelength dispersive spectrometers and 1 energy dispersive spectrometer. |
Histology Services |
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Debbie Martin |
Clinical studies, Histology, Histochemistry
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Dedicated facility. |
ICP-OES service |
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Chung Choi |
Analysis, spectroscopy | Agilent 710 ICP-OES, Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer |
Illumina Facility |
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Wendy McArdle |
DNA analysis, Genotyping | Illumina iscan, autoloader and array processing robot |
Interface Analysis Centre (IAC) |
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Keith Hallam |
Imaging, materials analysis, electron microscopy, spectroscopy, optical microscopy |
Quantachrome Nova 1200, Combined Focussed Ion Beam and Electron Microscopy, FEI Helios NanoLab 600 with three-axis micromanipulator, Oxford Instruments X-Max50 EDX and force measurement system |
Langford Veterinary Services |
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0117 928 9420 0117 928 9621 01934 852 422 01934 852 650 |
Veterinary services, Animal welfare | Outpatient Services, Behaviour, Cardiorespiratory Service, Dermatology, Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Feline Centre, Imaging, Internal Medicine, Neurology / Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Pain Management & Anaesthesia, Physiotherapy and Hydrotherapy, Radioactive Iodine, Screening Unit, Soft Tissue Surgery, Dentistry, Gastroenterology, Diagnostic Imaging (MRI, CT scans, X-ray), Neonatology, Neurology & Headshakers, Orthopaedics, Pain Management & Anaesthesia, Poor Performance, Soft Tissue Surgery, Beef Farmers, Camelid Farmers, Consultancy, Dairy Farmers, Pig Farmers, Sheep & Goat Farmers, Smallholders, Youngstock, Cat-Friendly Clinics, Home Visits, Hydrotherapy & Physiotherapy, Interactive Symptom Checker, Nurse Clinics, Pet Drop-Off Service, Puppies & Kittens, Rabbits, Small Furries and Exotic Pets, Surgery & Orthopaedics, X-Ray, CT, MRI & Ultrasound, MDU - PCR & Acarus, Cytology, Profiles and Screens, Biochemistry-Endocrine, Haematology, Histopathology, Meat Spoilage, Microbiology, Virology-Serology |
MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit Metabolomics NMR Facility |
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Matt Goodwin |
Metabolomics |
Janus loquid handling robot |
Mycoplasma Testing Service |
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Sue Christie |
Clinical Studies, Cell culture | |
Proteomics Facility |
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Kate Heesom |
Proteomics |
Orbitrap Fusion Tribrid Mass Spectrometer with up-stream Ultimate 3000 nano-LC system (Thermo Scientific). |
Science Faculty Workshop |
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Peter Dunton |
Design, manufacturing, testing | SMD re-work station, Water jet cutting, CNC milling, Manual milling and turning, Comprehensive fabrication facilities, including laser, MIG/TIG and MMA welding, traditional hot glass manufacturing equipment, glass diamond saws & grinders. High and ultra-low vacuum, Cryogenics, Laser and optical rigs, AFM and electron microscopy, X-Ray techniques, Medical, veterinary and clinical research |
Wolfson Bioimaging Facility |
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Mark Jepson |
Imaging, electron microscopy, optical microscopy |
Leica SP5 confocal imaging systems (3, incl 1 with resonant scanner and hybrid detectors) |
X-ray Diffraction Facility |
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Hazel Sparkes |
X-ray diffraction, structure determination, single crystal analysis, powder X-ray diffraction |
Bruker D8 Advance Diffractometer Powder diffractometer Bruker Microstar Rotating Anode Copper Diffractometer Bruker Kappa Apex II Molybdenum sealed tube single crystal diffractometer |
X-ray Tomography |
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Thomas Davies |
3D imaging, X-ray tomography |
Nikon XT H 225 ST CT scanner Imaging lab with high spec workstations & software for 3D visualisation & analysis of tomographic datasets |
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