The facility maintains all of the equipment and resources required for this type of work. Facility staff also provide training to researchers wishing to undertake the work themselves. Confocal Microscopy and Flow Cytometry Facilities Gary Warnes Two Leica confocal microscopes, a Zeiss deconvolution microscope and FISH workstation are available in a purpose built suite. Training and advice on design of experiments is provided. In addition to an automated sequencing and genotyping service, which includes an ABI 3700 capillary sequencer and three ABI 377XL sequencers, the facility also includes a 'TaqMan' quantitative PCR machine and PhosphorImaging capability.
Purity is confirmed by mass spectrometry.
The Computing Facility has recently been expanded and a new Head of Computing appointed. Top flight IT systems and infrastructure are essential to the work of all the CSC's scientific groups and are particularly crucial to the success of strategic scientific initiatives in imaging, genetics and bioinformatics. This facility provides photographic, design and digital imaging services, assisting scientists to present and publish their work in the most effective way.