The Cardiff University Biobank facility houses a large storage space for up to 900,000 biological samples including blood, urine, tissue and saliva. The facility can provide fresh, frozen and processed (serum, plasma, slides) samples which are collected and stored to the highest standards. Patients and healthy volunteers kindly donate these biological samples to enable researchers to gain a deeper understanding of diseases. The samples are crucial in allowing researchers to find better ways to...

Facility providing electron-beam lithography services to semiconductor physics, optics and microelectronics research groups, and to related industrial users. Electron-beam lithography is a well-established means of fabricating the smallest lithographic features required for research and niche production semiconductor and optical technologies. The tools themselves are expensive (>£2m) and require considerable experience to obtain good results, and so are well suited to being providing as a...

WHAT IT DOES The Centre for Cell Imaging (CCI) is a world-class resource for imaging projects using optical microscopy. Our facility is equipped with the latest developments in microscopy. We examine a range of biological samples including malarial parasites, bacteria, mammalian cells, plants, chick embryos and fruit fly. We also have expertise imaging non-biological samples, such as hydrogels, cage nanocrystals and antibacterial surfaces.We also provide image analysis and support with state of...

The Centre of Excellence will provide an insect bioreactor of sufficient scale to enable research and development activities to be undertaken by multiple industries and academia. The facility will also serve for training purposes. • The insect bioreactor will enable studies utilising a diverse range of organic materials for insect rearing and will enable segregation of rearing substrates and end products. • The facility will enable research on both the downstream (organic residues) and...

CESAM is an advanced manufacturing innovation centre that provides a hub to link the NE manufacturing base to national innovation eco system. CESAM will provide a window to industrial led innovation challenges and support manufacturing competitiveness over the short, medium and long-term. It will enable companies to innovate at lower TRL’s; provide economies of scale through collaborative projects; ensure the national eco system is focused on industry led challenges; identify the best solutions...

The Centre for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance (CAESR) provides a world-class facility for use by scientists across the physical and life sciences. In addition to providing experimental infrastructure, CAESR aims to encourage a multidisciplinary approach to the development of electron spin resonance that is driven by the symbiosis between methodology design and technique application. Research performed in CAESR is internationally leading, as evidenced by the excellent publication record. The...

The Centre for Automotive & Power System Engineering (CAPSE) based within the Faculty of Computing, Engineering & Science is a nationally recognised independent research, development, test and certification house with a reputation for cutting edge research and knowledge transfer activities within the advanced automotive and power systems engineering sectors. CAPSE (proudly part sponsored by Welsh Governments flagship A4B (Academia for business) programme under the European Regional...

To support the utilisation of space for earth observation, climate, solar physics, space weather, and astronomy - by testing and calibration small spacecraft and large sensors pre-flight. This is to ensure they work in space and are properly calibrated to internationally agreed standards to maximize the utility of the data they collect - this is an essential step in any space mission to ensure the survival of the space hardware and the validity of the data collected. Underpins the research base...

We are a genomics centre providing access to leading-edge DNA sequencing technology and expertise. We drive both our own internal research programme and collaborate with researchers to enable them to answer their research objectives.

Our objectives: We will continue to deliver exciting research programmes and world-leading science.

• We will continue to provide a competitive advantage to esearchers by providing cutting-edge genomics expertise and technology that allows them to gain increased...

The Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance explores routes to improve the ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instruments to detect a response. Research operates within high and low field regimes and equipment can address challenges in catalysis, characterisation, synthesis and in vivo detection aligned to the monitoring of disease. The centres research is important because the methods we use can improve agent detectability by many orders...