Specialist Facilities
Advanced instrumentation. Integrated on one site.
ICP-OES
Multi-element analysis for major and trace metals in soils, waters, digestate and biological matrices.
Illumina NGS
Short-read whole-genome sequencing and amplicon sequencing for pathogen characterisation, AMR profiling and microbiome analysis.
Oxford Nanopore GridION
Long-read real-time sequencing for rapid pathogen identification and direct RNA sequencing.
MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
Rapid bacterial and fungal identification by protein fingerprinting — minutes from colony to identification.
BMP / RBP Reactors
Reactors for Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) and Residual Biogas Potential (RBP) testing. Batch fermentation in parallel reactors to determine methane yield from feedstocks.
MicroScan ID/AST System
Automated, accurate and rapid Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) testing and antimicrobial resistance profiling.
SEAL Analytical Discrete Analysers
Automated discrete analysers for a wide range of water and environmental testing solutions.
Elementar Vario MAX Cube
Total carbon, nitrogen and sulphur determination in organic samples.
Microbiology, Molecular Biology & Genomics Suite
Culturing, microscopy, automated high-throughput nucleic acid extraction (Roche Flow System), qPCR and ddPCR.
pH and BOD Analysers
Robotic systems for pH determination and BOD analysis.
PS Analytical Millennium Merlin Mercury Analyser
Atomic fluorescence spectrometry for mercury analysis in water, food, and biological, industrial and petrochemical samples.
Bioinformatics Suite
Dedicated bioinformatics suite with high-performance computing for real-time sequencing analysis, data interpretation and client reporting.
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