Our state-of-the-art multidisciplinary facilities help provide researchers and students the best collaborative and supported environment in which to learn and conduct novel and world leading research

All space within the department is shared, open and collaborative. It can fall into a number of subcategories, including office and laboratory types, research-specific space, core facility space and supportive space (PPE, Utility, etc.)

All of our research facilities and teaching spaces are staffed and supported by dedicated and highly skilled technical staff, providing an efficient and effective means of delivering key technologies and ensuring the maintenance of a skills repository, which is essential in delivering our leading international activities. 

Facility charges and costing can be accessed here - Queries to the relevant facility technical staff member or the Technical Operations Manager. 

PPEUtility

PPE

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

The department provides essential PPE consumables to all researchers within the department, including gloves, labcoats (and laundering), face masks etc. The PPE stores are based in level 6 Bessemer (B601a) and level 1 Bessemer.  This is in addition to LEV (including soldering) extraction and Fume Cupboards for high hazard work. 

Contact: Marta Garcia Bellmunt

Utilities

Utilities

The Utility rooms are dedicated spaces for sterilizing (GM waste, Instruments and media), Ice machines, the 3D print water Jet station and glass washing for all researchers. More information here

The department also provides and supports 1 distilled/pure water system per floor for researchers to utilise. 

Contact: Nana A. Asamoah-Danso

Departmental Core Facilities

3D Printing

3D Printing

 

Locations: B220, B114 Bessemer Building and RSM 4.22

Contact: Marta Garcia Bellmunt
INTERNAL LIMS

3D printing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file by laying down successive layers of material until the object is created. The Bioengineering 3Dprinter facility offers 3 different types of 3Dprinters depending on the purposes and application of your project.

Objet 30 Pro

Objet 30 Pro

Based in Bessemer B220

A high end rapid prototyping machine that allows you to print with 8 different materials at the industry’s best print resolution.

  • Tray dimensions  300 × 200 × 150 mm
  • Cost: £15+ material used
  • Offered as a service by Departmental technicians

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ultimaker 2

Ultimaker 2

Based in RSM 4.22 and B220

An entry level 3D printer. It comes equipped with a heated build platform and can print at a resolution of up to 20 microns. It supports both PLA and ABS and can print at a speed of 300 mm/s.

  • 20 microns layer resolution
  • a wide range of materials (PLA, ABS, CPE, CPE+, PC, Nylon, TPU 95A)
  • Tray dimensions 223 x 223 x 205 mm
  • Free of charge, own materials supplied

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Bioplotter

3D Bioplotter

Based in B114, Cell culture core facility.

The Bioplotter is a versatile rapid prototyping tool for processing a great variety of biomaterials for computer-aided tissue engineering (CATE), from 3D CAD models and patient CT data to the physical 3D scaffold with a designed and defined outer form and an open inner structure. 

  • Build volume 150 x 150 x 140 mm
  • Cost £50 per booking 4 hour booking internal use (Departmental), including techncial assistance
  • Cost £100  per 4 hour booking  external use (non-departmental), including techncial assistance 

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Core Facility categories

Engineering Facilities

Also known as tension testing, this is a fundamental materials science and engineering test in which a sample is subjected to a controlled tension until failure

Open for use under stupervision/training

Scientific stations

Availble on each bench station for use

Core utilities

The Bioplotter is a versatile rapid prototyping tool for processing a great variety of biomaterials for computer-aided tissue engineering (CATE), from 3D CAD models and patient CT data to the physical 3D scaffold with a designed and defined outer form and an open inner structure. 

  • Build volume 150 x 150 x 140 mm
  • Cost £50 per booking 4 hour booking internal use (Departmental), including techncial assistance
  • Cost £100  per 4 hour booking  external use (non-departmental), including techncial assistance

Core facility equipment is:

  • provided by academic shared cost and grant funding
  • maintained and serviced utilising facility usage charges
  • supported and managed by the departmental technical staff
Capital Equipment Wish List