School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences facilities

State-of-the-art facilities

We have a whole range of specialist facilities and equipment depending on your area of study.

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Our facilities are equipped for:

  • Clinical skills
  • Forensic analysis
  • DNA analysis
  • Formulation and tableting
  • Animal cell tissue culture and stem cell research
  • Pharmaceutical technology
  • Targeting of drugs
  • Chemical synthesis
  • Instrumental chemical analysis
  • Spectroscopic studies
  • Microscopy: SEM, TEM and confocal microscopes
  • Computational chemistry

We enjoy good relations with local hospital laboratories and can often use their pathology laboratories. The labs provide high throughput analyses of samples (a capacity that enhances our responsiveness).

We are in receipt of equipment to a value of £145K. This includes a Waters Quattro Premier Triple Quadrupole LCMS and a Thermo X Series II ICPMS. We have also received a UPLC from Alder Hey NHS Trust to develop new methods of high-speed insulin analysis. In addition, AstraZeneca has provided a CEM SP-D microwave digestion system.

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