Facilities
Geomicrobiology laboratory
Geomicrobiology Laboratory
The geomicrobiology laboratory (B26) is fully equipped for the following areas of microbiological research:
- Isolation of aerobes/anaerobes
- Physiology/biochemistry
- Molecular ecology
- Molecular biology
The equipment available in the laboratory includes:
- Icycler PCR machine
- UV cabinet
- Laminar flow cabinet
- Agarose and polyacrylamide electrophresis equipment
- Biorad geldoc system
- Biorad electroporator
- Ultrasonic cell disruptor
- Specord S500 UV-VIS spectrophotometer
- Gas mixing station
- Coy anaerobic workstation
- Speedvac
- Centrifuges (benchtop, free standing and microfuge)
- -80°C freezer
- Ice machine
- Shaking and static incubators
- FPLC
- Constant temperature room
Williamson Research Centre
The Geomicrobiology Laboratory is located in the Williamson Research Centre. This area of the School has been recently refurbished to improve conditions for using existing equipment and to facilitate the installation of new facilities provided via a JIF grant through the Natural Environment Research Council.
The facilites avaible in the Williamson Research Centre include:
- Scanning Tunnelling and Atomic Force Microscope with LEED, AES and Molecular Imaging capabilities
- X-ray Spectrometer
- Philips XL30 ESEM-FG Enviornmental Scanning Electron Microscope
- Cameca SX 100 Electron Microprobe
- Plasmaquad 2 STE TM Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)
- Perkin-Elmer Optima 5300 Duel Veiw ICP-Atomic Emission Spectrometer
- Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
- Dionex 4000i Liquid Chromatography
- Bruker AXS D8 X-ray diffractometer
- Gemini 2360 Surface area analyzer
- Rock and mineral preparation facilities
- Mineral Synthesis at high pressures and temperatures
- Clean room facilities (class 100)
- Panalitical Axios XRF
Click here for the William Research Centre website.