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...

The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is following 19,517 children born across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000-01. This unique resource fills a major and unprecedented 30-year gap in longitudinal data on the UK population (previous national birth cohort studies were 12 years apart: 1946, 1958 and 1970). The cohort has been surveyed six times (9 months, 3, 5, 7, 11 and 14). The seventh survey is taking place in 2018 at age 17. At the time of its instigation, the key objectives...

The Centre for Preclinical Imaging aims to develop cutting-edge non-invasive imaging methods for assessing pathologies and response to treatment in the live animal. It aims to provide the expertise and infrastructure for non-invasive imaging in pre-clinical models to the research community at the University of Liverpool and its academic and industrial partners in the vicinity. The centre has been funded in large part by capital award funds from the MRC (£3.3M) and the UKRMP to establish the...

The Centre for Rapid Online Analysis of Reactions (ROAR) is a central facility which provides critical equipment, software and expertise to enable data-rich experimentation in chemical synthesis. We support both fundamental and translational research, by providing protocols and tools to enable the rapid execution and analysis of reactions, delivering effective solutions to optimise reaction efficiency, selectivity, and robustness. Our Mission is to: • Provide critical equipment and expertise to...

The Centre for Research Collections manages and provides access to the heritage collections of the University of Edinburgh - c.100km of material. These collections are open to scholars from anywhere in the world and include unique material of international importance. The CRC takes a converged approach to collections and delivers access to rare books, manuscripts, archives, art, historic musical instruments and other museum collections through a single Reading Room, supported by spaces for...

This is a unique fabrication facility for the production of superconducting hybrid quantum devices. It is a collaboration between Royal Holloway, the National Physical Laboratory and Lancaster University with support from Oxford Instruments. It consists of a JEOL electron beam lithography unit and a Zeiss Orion HE/Ne ion beam microscopy and milling tool, with associated facilities.

We provide advanced electron microscopy research collaboration as a major core facility at King's. We conduct collaborative research and innovation projects in partnership with commercial partners to advance electron microscope and related support technologies. We are principally tasked with providing a highly specialist and experienced collaborative capacity able to support the electron microscopy research needs of academics at King's. We are the only electron microscopy facility at King's and...

CeLSIUS facilitates research access to the ONS Longitudinal Study ('the LS'), a secure data set based on the decennial census. It has operated in its current form since 2001 (and under the current institutional and management structure since 2012). The data were originally supported at the Social Statistics Research Unit, City University from 1982, with a support mechanism similar to the current arrangements since 1994. On this basis, we define the RII as 'long-term' in question 8 above. We...

The Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE) is a ground-breaking research collaboration between the University of Nottingham and the University of Birmingham. The establishment of the £10m Centre was the result of a year-long competitive process, and marked the fifth anniversary of the strategic partnership between the two universities. COMPARE unites leading researchers from Birmingham and Nottingham, equipping them with some of the most advanced imaging technologies in the world in...

The CLF is one of the world’s leading centres for multi-disciplinary science and innovation using lasers. It is one of the three open access UK National Facilities that works with a national and international user Community of research scientists that are operating at the forefront of their respective fields and require access to the most advanced and sophisticated laser based facilities available. Its work spans the scientific spectrum, working with the majority of UK universities, all five...