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Scientific core facilities

Close-up shot of a scientist holding a DNA chipThe Institute's excellent on-site core scientific service laboratories provide high quality support to its research groups. These facilities provide state-of-the-art instrumentation and technical advice to Institute staff.

See below for the Institute's core facilities.

Bioinformatics offers a statistics and computational analysis service, and develops analysis software.

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The Biorepository oversees all cell and tissue culture and storage at the CRI, including sample tracking and management.

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The Equipment Park houses a range of state-of-the-art equipment and specialised technologies.

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Flow cytometry use state-of-the-art instruments to sort, count and analyse the characteristics of different cell types.

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Genomics allows researchers to access the latest DNA and RNA analysis resources and sequencing technologies.

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Histopathology offer a variety of histological techniques as immunohistochemistry, as well as slide digitisation.

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The facility provides imaging and microscopy expertise and explores advanced experimental imaging techniques.

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PK/PD carry out mathematical and clinical studies on how the body processes drugs, and what drugs do to the body.

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Pre-clinical imaging is a collaborative facility that manages a range of imaging machines for the CRI.

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Proteomics use mass spectrometry to study the structures, interactions and expression levels of proteins.

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