Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Facilities

Teaching laboratories

In addition to lecture theatres, undergraduate students are taught in a variety of laboratories depending on their degree pathway. These include:

• Pharmaceutics Laboratories
• Pharmaceutical Technology Laboratories
• Clean Room Facilities
• Biomedical Sciences Laboratories
• Microbiology Laboratories
• Pharmacology Laboratories

Specialist research facilities

The School is highly research active which further inspires our teaching programmes. A vast array of scientific instrumentation, many of which are listed below, facilitate our internationally competitive research.

Microscopy

(see also Microscopy Suite and Neuro-Oncology facilities)

• Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) / Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM) 
• Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopes
• Live Cell Imaging Microscope
• Total Internal Reflected Fluorescence (TIRF) Microscope
• Laser Capture Microdissection Microscope
• Calcium Imaging

Spectroscopy / Surface Science

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer
• Fourier-transform Infra-red (FTIR) Spectrometer (Research) / Raman Spectrometer
• Fourier-transform Infra-red (FTIR) Spectrometer (Teaching)
• Ultraviolet Spectrometer
• Contact Angle Goniometer
• Texture Analyser

Analytical

• Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GCMS)
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) / Atomic Emission Spectrometer (AES)

Biomedical

• Tissue Culturing
• Flow Cytometer

Pharmaceutics

• Spray Drier
• Tabletting Machine
• Particle Sizer
• Dynamic Vapour Sorption (DVS) Apparatus