ITSS Capabilities Sharing Showcase

Putting technical expertise at the forefront of the UK equipment sharing agenda

The image is an ariel view of the ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility showing the two target stations where the instrumentation is housed

ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

The support laboratories at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source provides equipment, technical expertise and a transfer of knowledge to ...
The ion source of the ORAU Accelerator Mass Spectrometer which is used for radiocarbon determinations

Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit

ORAU provides a collaborative radiocarbon dating service to contribute to research where the measurement of the radiocarbon isotope at natural ...
Biological Support Unit

Biological Support Unit

Our AAALAC accredited state-of-the-art Biological Support Unit (BSU) provides housing and care for pathogen-free rodents. The BSU operates facilities with ...
Steroid Metabolome and Small Molecule Analysis Core

Steroid Metabolome and Small Molecule Analysis Core

The Steroid Metabolome Analysis Core (SMAC) is an internationally recognised facility at the University of Birmingham specialising in mass spectrometry-based ...
Containment Level 3 Facility at King's College London

Containment Level 3 Facility at King’s College London

The CL3 Facility offers brand-new laboratory facilities at containment level 3. The facility specialises in the use of aerosol-transmitted pathogens, ...
Micro-CT Scanning Facility

Micro-CT Scanning Facility

The Palaeoanthropology Laboratory at the University of Cambridge houses a Bruker SkyScan 1273 microCT scanner, a high-capacity X-ray imaging system ...
Preclinical MRI facility

Preclinical MRI Facility

The preclinical MRI facility offers 7T horizontal bore and 9.4T vertical bore Bruker systems available to internal, external, and industry ...
A laboratory cold storage room containing a row of large upright ultra low temperature freezers aligned along the left wall. In the foreground, two lab staff members wearing white lab coats and blue insulated gloves handle a white storage container placed on a small wheeled trolley. The room has a clean, clinical appearance with bright overhead lighting, ventilation units, and equipment visible in the background.

Cardiff University Biobank

Cardiff University Biobank is a dedicated tissue storage storage facility adjacent to the Heath University Hospital of Wales. We specialise ...
Modern two-story brick building with large vertical glass windows and exterior lights glowing at dusk. The structure has a dark metal upper section and displays the sign “MTIF – Medical Technologies Innovation Facility” near the corner. The building sits beside a grassy area.

Medical Technologies Innovation Facility

The Medical Technologies Innovation Facility (MTIF) at Nottingham Trent University is a £23 million, dual-site research and development centre focused on ...
Pathogen Cryo-Imaging Facility in Cambridge (PaCIFiC)

Pathogen Cryo-Imaging Facility in Cambridge (PaCIFiC)

PaCIFiC provides specialist cryo-imaging workflows for vitrified biological samples, combining plunge freezing, cryo-confocal microscopy, and correlative cryo-imaging support. The facility ...
Centre for Preclinical Imaging

Centre for Preclinical Imaging

The Centre for Pre-Clinical Imaging offers researchers state-of-the-art technologies for multi-modality, non-invasive approaches to imaging on small, live animals (in ...
Lancaster University Bioimaging Facility

Lancaster University Bioimaging Facility

The Bioimaging Facility is based within the School for Biological Sciences at Lancaster University. We are more than happy to ...
The photo was generated in our Discover S8 cell sorter and it is a representative plot of HEK cells transfected with mNeonGreen fluorescent protein. Using the CellView technology, we could identify both spotted and diffuse signals for the protein.

Flow Cytometry Facility

Our Flow Cytometry Facility provides comprehensive support for research, offering expert cell sorting and high-parameter flow cytometry analysis. We operate ...
A woman in a lab coat is focused on using a tablet computer in a laboratory setting.

Proteomics Facility

The Proteomics Facility is a Core Facility at King's College London, providing state-of-the-art protein mass spectrometry support for researchers at ...
Researcher in a laboratory coat and gloves operating an Infors bioreactor system inside a modern bioprocessing facility, with stainless steel fermentation vessels, control panels, and laboratory equipment visible in a clean, purpose-built processing hall.

Nottingham Bioprocess Engineering Centre

The Nottingham Bioprocess Engineering Centre is a state-of-the-art research facility dedicated to industrial biotechnology and downstream processing. The centre is ...
Photograph of 5 scientists in white lab coats working with a lc chromatography system, in a laboratory setting. The setup includes multiple stacked modules with buttons and displays, glass bottles on top, and a computer being operated, indicating equipment control.

Imperial-Molecular Characterisation Facilities

The Chemistry Department is proud to be part of the White City Innovation District, offering state-of-the-art facilities and dedicated technical ...
A Wintersteiger Quantum plot combine harvesting wheat.

Field Experimentation

Field trials and nurseries can be tailored to individual requirements regarding crop, plot size, agronomic inputs, irrigation, phenotypic assessments and/or ...
Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Our Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) facility houses state-of-the-art instruments including a Waters Synapt G2-Si mass spectrometer with MALDI and DESI ...
Two solution state Bruker NMR spectrometers at Lancaster University’s NMR facility

Lancaster University NMR Facility

The Lancaster University NMR facility is equipped with a range of options for solution and solid state NMR characterisation. Our ...
NU- Pico Nanomechanical Characterisation Facility

NU- Pico Nanomechanical Characterisation Facility

NU-Pico – is a high-speed, high-resolution nanomechanical characterisation facility at Northumbria University, providing a regional facility for high-speed simultaneous characterisation ...
Two researchers in white lab coats work at adjacent microscopes. The person in the foreground looks into a microscope with a focused expression, while additional scientific equipment and softly lit instruments fill the workspace around them. A computer screen is visible on the right side of the image.

Micron Bioimaging Facility

Located within the Department of Biochemistry, the Micron Bioimaging Facility is a collaborative, interdisciplinary bioimaging facility working with biomedical researchers ...
Upper left, TEM image immunogold labelled Porphyromonas gingivalis. Upper right, Confocal image MC3T3E1 cells on P,Ca,Na,Ti beads DAPI, Phalloidin, VEGF antibody - B.Nian. Main image of EM room, 2 SEMs and 1 TEM

Royal Free Imaging Suite

The Royal Free Imaging Suite is an interdisciplinary core facility for UCL departments at the RF campus and further afield ...
A render of The Cluster Deposition Tool showcasing glove box integration and robotic sample transfer.

National Thin-film Cluster Facility for Advanced Functional Materials

This national facility provides state-of-the-art vacuum deposition equipment to enable the development of next generation advanced functional materials. The bespoke ...
SHIFT- Shared Hub for Immersive Future Technologies

SHIFT- Shared Hub for Immersive Future Technologies

Supported by the Arts and Humanities Research council (AHRC) as a World Class Labs investment and part of the Creative ...
The research technical specialist team that supports the University of Manchester, Faculty of Science and Engineering - Mass Spectrometry & Separations Core Facility

Faculty of Science & Engineering- Mass Spectrometry and Separations Facility

The Faculty of Science & Engineering - Mass Spectrometry & Separations Facility (MS&SEP) is a core facility supporting research and ...
A laboratory workspace containing several benchtop scientific instruments, computers, and a chair is shown on the left. On the right, there is a high-magnification, brightly colored microscopic image displaying densely clustered cells in various fluorescent hues

Molecular Pathology Research Services

We provide a comprehensive digital pathology workflow—from staining to slide scanning and image analysis—using our custom-developed multiplex antibody panels in ...
A technician wearing safety goggles and gloves works at a desktop computer beside a Boston Micro Fabrication microArch S240A 3D printer with a front-opening door and orange safety glass

PHTA Makerspace

PHTA's Makerspace offers ready-to-use equipment, expert on-site technical support, design service and full prototyping service to accelerate medtech product development ...
UCL SAXS Facility and Nanomaterials Characterisation Suite

UCL SAXS Facility and Nanomaterials Characterisation Suite

UCL hosts a custom-built Ganesha 300XL SAXS/WAXS instrument developed by SAXSLAB (now Xenocs), featuring full motorization, automation, and flexible sample ...
Micro Electron Beam Welder (MEBW-60 L95)

Micro Electron Beam Welder (MEBW-60 L95)

The MEBW-60 L95 is an electron beam welder equipped with a 0.2–2.0 kW electron gun, imaging and processing optics, and ...
Life Science Services

Environmental Analysis Labs- Brunel University of London

In our labs we use a range of analytical instrumentation to analyse for pollutants in air, soil, water, wastewater, and ...
Veterinary Microbiology Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL)

Veterinary Microbiology Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL)

Our laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art microbiological diagnostic technology, enabling faster turnaround times, enhanced accuracy, and reliability. We offer a ...
The interior of a CT scanner showing the cylindrical x-ray source and sample platform, viewed through the open door of the scanner.

Computed Tomography (CT) Scanning Facility

The University of Birmingham CoLES Micro-CT Facility has a Nikon Metrology XT H 225 ST 2x CT scanner. CT scanning ...
Environmental Stable Isotope Laboratory

Environmental Stable Isotope Laboratory

We are a unique national research facility with state-of-the-art instrumentation focused on environmental sample analysis and biogeochemical processes in aquatic ...
: A user operating a directed energy deposition and robotic welding cell. The image features two robots, welding equipment, infrared imaging, and a metallic tube sample prepared for wire deposition.

Robotic Welding and Directed Energy Deposition System

The Robotic Welding and Directed Energy Deposition System integrates two KUKA robots (KR 20 and KR 70) with Fronius welding ...
A computer lab with desk and chairs

Jill Dando Institue Research Lab

The Jill Dando Institute Research Laboratory (JDIRL) is a Police Assured Secure Facility for the storage and analysis of data ...
A researcher reaching into a brightly lit controlled environment chamber to inspect a plant

Sir David Read Controlled Environment Facility

The Sir David Read Controlled Environment Facility is an open access resource at the University of Sheffield. The facility houses ...
Different equipment available for use in the LPRL. These include different types of lasers and microscopy equipment.

Laser Processing Research Laboratory (LPRL)

The Laser Processing Research Laboratory (LPRL) is part of the Core Facility for Advanced Photonics and Manufacturing (APM) and supports ...
BioR- Bioinformatics Research Facility

BioR- Bioinformatics Research Facility

The Bioinformatics Research Facility (BIO-R) is based in the Faculty of Medicine’s Somers building at the hospital campus. The BIO-R ...
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Facility

Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Facility

London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) hosts one of the UK’s largest and most advanced Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) facilities, home ...
University of Bristol Cleanroom

University of Bristol Cleanroom

A facility for the fabrication of semiconductor devices. Contains equipment for cleaning samples and semiconductor wafers, material deposition tools (polymers, ...
Cobot Maker Space

Cobot Maker Space

Based in the University of Nottingham, the Cobot Maker Space supports the exploration, research and design of human-robot interaction. The ...
Transmission electron microscope being used capturing mitochondria within skeletal muscle.

Electron Microscopy Research Services

We provide a comprehensive electron microscopy service utilising transmission and scanning electron microscopes, from sample preparation to producing image data ...
Image showing an Agilent LC Q-ToF

Chemistry Mass Spectrometry Service

The Mass Spectrometry Service, in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Sheffield, analyses samples from ...
EPSRC UK National Facility for X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

EPSRC UK National Facility for X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

HarwellXPS is a consortium of world renowned expertise in x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), and our ...
Picture of bioimaging facility staff working at a microscope, team of staff standing in front of elk skeleton, microscope images and Durham University logo.

Durham Bioimaging

The Durham Biosciences Bioimaging facility contains a large selection of cutting edge imaging technologies from confocal to superresolution to lattice ...
The SMaRT fundamentals lab showing an array of equipment for friction, wear, and viscosity testing.

SMaRT Research Labs

The SMaRT research laboratories have a suite of world leading equipment for the analysis of tribology, surface morphology, mechanical, and ...
Image showing two independent PVD 200 Pro line magnetron sputtering system, with integrated load lock, automated samples transfer system and array of power supplies.

TF FAB- Thin Film Fabrication Facility

TF-FAB is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the fabrication of functional nano- and micro-coatings for applications requiring high-quality films with ...
Edinburgh Metabolic Phenotyping Facility

Edinburgh Metabolic Phenotyping Facility

We provide access to state-of-the-art resources and expertise for pre-clinical metabolic studies. Mice serve as important models for human diseases, ...
Image of the entrance to state-of-the-art AberInnovation building at Aberystwyth University, accompanied by an image of a research technician utilising fermentation equipment in a research processing space.

Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus

The UK Research and Innovation Campus (BBSRC) at Aberystwyth University. Integrated state-of-the-art development facilities and expertise to accelerate food and ...
A high-ceilinged industrial space viewed from above. A silver platform connected to hydraulic cylinders can be seen in the centre of the laboratory, surrounded by a trellis frame supporting lighting equipment. An overhead crane hook can be seen hanging in the foreground. Industrial racking can be seen on the left of the space.

Earthquake and Large Structures Laboratory (EQUALS)

Our 3x3m shaking table was the first seismic shaking table in the UK. This 6-degree-of-freedom table will carry up to ...