The facility has expertise and equipment tailored for biological samples mostly. The facility houses four electron microscopes, a comprehensive preparation laboratory which includes a range of specialised room temperature and cryo sample preparation equipment, ultramicrotomes and a suite of computer workstations for image processing.

Core offers services, teaching and collaboration between Laser Processing Research Laboratory, Manufacturing Technology Research Laboratory and Bioenergy laboratory.

Core includes range of surface analysis techniques and supportive instruments across three research institutes: Henry Royce Institute, Photon Science Institute, and National Graphene Institute.

Core includes range of facilities that support all biological related activity in Faculty of Science and Engineering. We work at the interface of physical sciences, engineering and biology and provide major link to facilities in Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. Supports research activities in areas that include physical understanding of biological systems, engineering biomolecules and biological processes, biomaterials and environmental sciences.

Core is equipped with instrumentation supporting areas of NMR, EPR and related techniques.

Core to bring together community of knowledge and best practise from three Faculty of Science and Engineering Departments: Chemistry, EES and Materials. Provided equipment is housed across numerous parts of campus with bulk being operated from Engineering Building A and Chemistry. Offers technical expertise in techniques such as residual stress analysis, texture analysis, phase identification in crystalline and semi crystalline powders and solid materials, single crystal and small angle scattering. Machines are available for examination of both small specimens and large components, and for wide range of materials.

Core to build partnerships with government, National Facilities, industrial and academic stakeholders at Harwell and beyond, to jointly address challenges set by UK’s Industrial Strategy through research and to discover and develop innovative techniques and technologies to enhance facility science, data analytics and workplace safety.

The Design, Fabrication and Testing Platform builds upon the innovative, creative, practical and research capabilities of our enterprising technical staff. The platform aims to accelerate interdisciplinary research by recognising the intrinsic synergies in the experimental workflows of Natural Science and Engineering. The expert Technical staff support diverse but aligned areas of research from Heavy Structures and Concrete design, fabrication and testing to Non-Destructive Testing, development and construction of novel fibre, polymers and composite materials.

The MS&Sep Facility is equipped with world class instrumentation. There are 38 mass spectrometers including state of the art high-resolution Orbitraps, Ion Mobility, MALDI, DESI and hyphenated LC-MS and GC-MS apparatuses. In addition there are 13 HPLC systems, 5 UHPLC systems and 2 GC systems. For the full range of services and sample preparation procedures please see the relevant website or contact the facility staff.

"Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), our mission is to provide access and expert support for both academia and industry, embracing both first-time users and more experienced researchers to run cutting-edge 3D and 3D time-lapse imaging experiments.

Launched in November 2020, NXCT is investing in new CT scanning capability to build on existing facilities and expertise – from the Universities of Manchester, Southampton, Warwick, University College London (UCL), and Diamond Light Source – to deliver unparalleled 3D imaging capability for the UK."

The Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility (BioMS) offers mass spectrometry services and associated technologies (inc ELISA) to the University of Manchester and beyond. Our focus is on biological molecules such as proteins and metabolites, covering areas such as proteomics and metabolomics. We provide comprehensive support for everything from experimental design to advanced sample preparation and data processing and interpretation. We've helped many different groups advance their research using these technologies and we look forward to helping you too.