Research Facilities
In addition to well-equipped labs, the School possesses a wide range of high quality research equipment and facilities to support its research programmes.
For more information about research facilities at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, please contact:
Mr Richard Webb
Email: webbrd@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)29 208 75814
Extension: 75814
Bruker 500MHz NMR Spectrometer
This multi-nuclear gradient NMR offers 1H, 13C, 31P and 19F with all common 1D and 2D pulse sequences as standard. The system is run under automation, with a 60-position carousel, and has full VT (heat and cool) facility.
For more information, please contact:
Professor Chris McGuigan
Email: mcguigan@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)29 208 74537
Extension: 74537
Bruker micro TOF mass spectrometer
This is a benchtop instrument with electrospray ionization, capable of operating in positive and negative ion modes, and a high sensitivity Time-of-Flight mass analyzer with Exact Mass measurements capability. Sample injection is usually performed manually, but automation is possible for large quantities of samples.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Andrew Westwell
Email: westwella@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)29 208 75800
Extension: 75800
Typhoon 9410 Phosphorimager
This system handles gel sandwiches, agarose and polyacrylamide gels, membranes, microplates and micorarrays, giving high resolution imaging and accurate quantitation of 3H, 14C, 125I, 32P, 33P and 35S, fluorophores, and chemiluminescence.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Arwyn Jones
Email: jonesAT@cf.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)29 208 76431
Extension: 76431
Biocomp Piston Gradient Fractionator
The Piston Gradient Fractionator enables researchers to recover slices as small as 10 micrometers thick from gradients. This allows for superb resolution, which was previously exceptionally difficult to achieve.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Arwyn Jones
Email: jonesAT@cf.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)29 208 76431
Extension: 76431
GMP Suite
The Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) suite is a recent addition to Redwood Building. This state-of-the-art facility is of industrial standard.
For more information, please contact:
Ms Catherine Talbot
Email: talbotcj@cf.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)29 208 70821
Extension: 70821
Confocal Microscopy
The confocal microscopy suite is a Small Research Facility (SRF) available to researchers.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Arwyn Jones
Email: jonesAT@cf.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)29 208 76431
Extension: 76431
LCMS
Thermo Spectra System HPLC, including Degasser, Quaternary Gradient Pump, Autosampler, and UV2000 UV/Vis Detector. Thermo LCQ Classic LCMS with ESI Source (Ion Trap LCMS)
For more information, please contact:
Dr Mark Gumbleton
Email: gumbleton@cf.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)29 208 75449
Extension: 75449