The Microscopy Innovation Centre works with academic and industrial partners to develop and house advanced microscopy instrumentation and analysis tools. The MIC provides cutting-edge
custom microscopes to support users in their advanced imaging needs. Additionally, the MIC aids microscope designers, providing access and testing of their novel systems to the wider imaging community.

Core provides light and electron microscopy services.

Core facility with expertise in genomic technologies, project design and data analysis. Offers services including nucleic acid extractions; microarray-based methylation, genotyping and pharmacogenomic analyses; short- and long-read sequencing; and single cell and spatial technologies.

Core for high resolution imaging and structural analysis of biological specimens, soft matter, and nanomaterials. Used to process samples from solution or powder, allowing researchers to visualize internal structures down to the subnanometer scale. It is critically important that the samples are non-magnetic.

Facility provides histology and tissue-based molecular services. Supports histology projects involving human and animal samples. We work in close collaboration with the UCL/UCLH Biobank for Studying Health and Disease. The Biobank is fully licenced by the Human Tissue Authority and has REC approval to provide researchers with access to normal and diseased tissues that are surplus to diagnostic requirements.

Facility contains equipment for all basic molecular biology needs. Training and help are provided. Provides molecular biology services ranging from DNA preparations to cloning and mutagenesis projects.

Core offers services in the field of bulk, single cell, spatial omics, FACs sorting and sequencing.

Electron microscopy facility specialising in cell biological electron microscopy for basic and medical research applications.

Core offers services including high throughput, high mass accuracy tandem mass spectrometry coupled with liquid chromatography. Research within the facility ranges from basic biomolecular science and biochemical studies through to proteomics, metabolomics and drug-protein and drug-nucleic acid interactions.

Core designed for range of solution-state pharmaceutical and biological chemistry applications. Facility is equipped with 600 MHz magnet equipped with high-throughput autosampler and QCI-F cryoprobe optimised for 1H and 19F sensitivity, and 400 MHz magnet dedicated to routine chemistry applications. Facility is also operating ligand-observed 19F-fragment library screening service for drug discovery.

Core provides imaging systems for advanced microscopy including confocal, multi-photon and super-resolution modalities, enabling users to address research questions in living systems across temporal and spatial scales. Staff offers training to use equipment, expertise about experimental strategy, design, image processing and analysis.

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