Areas of expertise
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bioinformatics
- Cell Biology
- Computational Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Epidemiology
- Genetics
- Genomics
- Good Manufacturing Practice
- Histopathology
- Molecular Biology
- Neuroscience
- Pathogenesis
- Psychophysics
- Proteomics
- Qualitative Research and PPIE (Patient, Public Involvement and Engagement)
- Tissue Engineering
- Transcriptomics
Equipment
If you wish to use any of this equipment, please contact the person indicated in the respective row and column, and arrange training with them, if needed.
| Equipment | Principal use and general comments | Contact Person |
|---|---|---|
| AOSLO (Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope) | Human Photoreceptors | Angelos Kalitzeos |
| Autostainer | n/a | Samanta Da Silva Fonseca |
| Brightfield microscopes | Almost any multicellular organism | Lab managers |
| Cell culture hood and incubators | Human, porcine, mouse/endothelial cells, RPE, eye | Lab managers |
| Centrifuge | Cells | Lab managers |
| Computers and network storage solutions mid-HPC | Images, it is a largely bespoke kit | Nikolas Pontikos |
| Confocal microscopes | Animals, histology | Matt Hayes, Diana Sefic Svara, Dhani Tracey-White |
| Conventional human visual electrophysiology equipment | Located outside IoO (contact Omar Mahroo for info) | Omar Mahroo |
| Cryostats | n/a | Lab managers |
| Electroencephalography | Humans, from infancy to old age | Tessa Dekker |
| Electroporation | Cells | Amanda Carr, Naheed Kanuga |
| Embedding centre | n/a | Samanta Da Silva Fonseca |
| Embedding oven | Resin embedded electron microscopy samples | Clare Futter |
| Eye-tracking | Humans, from infancy to old age | Tessa Dekker |
| Flow cytometer | Proteins and cells derived from tissues, blood, fluids | Virginia Calder, Ayad Eddaoudi |
| Fluorescent stereomicroscope | Any samples | Ryan MacDonald |
| Grade B cleanroom | Translation of research protocols into regulatory compliant clinical (human) advanced therapies manufacturing Advanced therapies manufactured for pre-clinical testing (human cells) Advanced therapies manufactured for clinical trials | Julie Daniels |
| High-performance computing | n/a | Anthony Khawaja |
| Immuno autostainer | n/a | Samanta Da Silva Fonseca |
| Infrared scanner | Any | Karl Matter |
| 2 Linux HPCs with GPUs + storage | n/a | Nikolas Pontikos |
| Linux server | n/a | Nikolas Pontikos |
| Luminescence counter | Cells | Amanda Carr |
| Luminometer | n/a | Lab managers |
| Machine learning/computational modelling | Humans, from infancy to old age | Tessa Dekker |
| Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | Humans, from infancy to old age | Tessa Dekker |
| Microinjection stations | Zebrafish | Ryan MacDonald |
| Microscopes | Cells | Lab managers |
| Microtome | n/a | Samanta Da Silva Fonseca, Lab managers |
| Nucleofector | n/a | Pedro Fale |
| OCT (Optical Coherence Thermography) | Animals, histology | Lab managers |
| PCR machines | Cells | Lab managers |
| Plate reader | Human, porcine, mouse/endothelial cells, RPE, eye | Maria Balda, Naheed Kanuga, Karl Matter |
| RETeval, LKC technologies | Hand-held devices that can be used to record the full-field human electroretinogram without the need for pharmacological pupil dilation, and with specialised skin electrodes | Omar Mahroo |
| Seahorse | Zebrafish, cells | Amanda Carr, Naheed Kanuga |
| SLO (Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope) | Animals, histology | Vy Luong |
| Tissue processor | n/a | Samanta Da Silva Fonseca |
| Two-photon microscopes | Mice | Charu Reddy |
| Ultramicrotome | Resin embedded electron microscopy samples | Clare Futter |
| Ussing chamber | Cells | Amanda Carr |
| Visual acuity, reading, contrast sensitivity tests | Humans - adults and children | Michael Crossland |
| Visual testing devices and equipment for measuring visual function | Humans | Andrew Stockman, Andrew Rider |
| Virtual and augmented reality | Humans, from infancy to old age | Tessa Dekker |
| Western blotting cells and protein dry transfer equipment | n/a | Lab managers |
If you would like your expertise to be included please email Claire Roberts.