Standards / Methodologies:
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- Optical microscopy for widefield characterisation, including metallurgy, grain size distribution analysis, failure analysis and metrology
- Confocal fluorescence microscopy for in vitro assays, including live/dead assays, internalisation studies and immunocytochemistry
- Polarised light microscopy for quantification and orientation of birefringent materials
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) for metrology, failure analysis, particulate debris, size and shape distribution measurements and fracture surfaces
- Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDX/EDS) for measuring composition, including elemental mapping for contamination identification, inclusions and corrosion
- Low pressure scanning electron microscopy for analysis of non-conductive materials such as fibres, ceramics and plastics
- Cryo-SEM for imaging liquids, emulsions, creams and biological tissue
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) for high resolution analysis of biological tissue, cultured cells, bacteria, proteins, viruses, nanoparticles, metallography, and grain structures
- Real-time PCR for detection and quantification of nucleic acids when testing for SARS-CoV-2, legionella, sexually transmitted infections, and other pathogens
- Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for rapid genomic testing for common genetic markers for cancer, characterising the oral microbiome, and testing for other inherited diseases
- Cell culture and in vitro assay development, including live/dead assays, cytotoxicity studies, and pre-clinical research
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) for chemical analysis
- X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) for crystallography, phase identification, quantification and orientation in powders and thin films