Research facilities
Information about University of Dundee research facilities
Facility
Provides hands-on and basic knowledge of laser systems used in manufacturing
![two men using the Applied Laser Technology Laboratory](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-04/applied-laser-1170x780.jpg?h=6b6c6ba8&itok=oydqbKIO)
Research facility
The Argument Analysis Wall (ARG-Wall) is a 3.2m x 2.4m touchscreen interface
Research facility
Harnessing the power of biomarker and drug analysis for clinical research and drug development.
![Biomarker and Drug Analysis Laboratory (BMDA)](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-07/laboratory-1170.jpg?h=35d27844&itok=8Gi58QDu)
Research facility
The laboratory gives a sterile working environment where you can grow/maintain cells and engineer tissues under the correct physiochemical conditions
Research facility
The CTS is a ‘housekeeping’ service that provides core support to research labs throughout the School of Life Sciences and the D’Arcy Thompson Unit (DTU).
![bottles of solutions on shelving in lab](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-04/CTS%20Front%20page%20image_0.jpg?h=7f869db8&itok=Wp80c5PM)
Facility
We provide safe, age appropriate care for children and young people attending Tayside Children’s Hospital for clinical investigation or research studies
Research facility
We provide space, equipment and staff to support researchers of all clinical professions and our industry partners in delivering high-quality clinical research
Research facility
Our facility has a set of purpose-built research imaging suites within the Clinical Research Centre building at Ninewells Hospital
Facility
The comparative osteological collection is another of our active skeletal repositories which is being continually expanded
![animal bones in a lab with students in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-03/sls_bioscience_pg_bonelab_03_17_-_14-2400.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=Ci_4yJlo)
Facility
The Concrete Technology Unit has some of the best equipped laboratories in the UK
Research facility
This facility provides access to state-of-the-art equipment and advice aimed at enabling users to characterise samples at high resolution
![The Cryo-Electron microscope in the lab.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-12/microscope_2.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=74M9esnx)
Research facility
We collaborate on projects covering all aspects of bioinformatics and data analysis
![words data analysis group over 0s and 1s](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2021-11/DAG%20lifesci2.jpg?h=ca6532a2&itok=qyccXzm0)
Research facility
DEBU, a group of biostatisticians and epidemiologists led by Professor Peter Donnan and includes biostatisticians from across medicine, dentistry, and nursing.
Research facility
We provide light and electron microscopy resources, with a central hub in Life Sciences and facilities in Science and Engineering and on the Ninewells campus.
![magnified image of oval shaped cells](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-01/DIF%20BioDundee_3.jpg?h=ffe6aed9&itok=yzlhyodq)
Research facility
We provide a state of the art Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry capability to researchers and external academic and industrial clients across the globe
![female scientist in lab coat working on a computer](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-03/Life%20Sci2i3a1602.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=JvKSo7zb)
Research facility
Open to staff and students, this facility promotes the use of flow cytometry in a wide variety of applications. We have two multiuser benchtop flow cytometers
Research facility
Providing flow cytometric analysis and fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) services and support to investigators
Research facility
We have a range of physical modelling and experimental facilities to support research and teaching in fluid mechanics
![Girl working with water tank equipment in fluid mechanics lab.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-03/sse-marine-wt-0518-019.jpg?h=014043a5&itok=XuZ5ZkQt)
Facility
Our forensic anthropology staff are casework active and some have given evidence in court in the UK (Scotland, England Wales)
![Person in a hazmat suit kneeling on the ground in the woods](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-03/uod_sls_ug_forensic_0317_011-2400.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=W1Z6cMJS)
Research facility
We maintain a well-equipped geotechnical engineering laboratory for teaching and research support
Research facility
HIC Services supports high impact research through the collection and management of population based data.
Research facility
We are architects of world-leading computational models in Civil Engineering
Research facility
Provision of human embryonic stem cells, human induced pluripotent stem cells, and associated reagents and services.
![gloved hands holding specimen in circular glass container](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-01/thumbnail.jpg?h=f2b6299e&itok=e9rhJooF)
Research facility
This facility handles, processes and analyses blood samples for biomarkers using various immunoassay techniques.
Research facility
A Live-Cell Analysis System which enables real-time, quantitative live-cell assays within a tissue culture incubator.
![The inside of an instrument that analysis live cells showing trays of microplates](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-07/live-cell-analysis-hero-img.jpg?h=ca1b478b&itok=5j-NGPYo)
Research facility
The light microscopy facility offers a range of light microscope systems, each one with different capabilities so that a range techniques can be employed
![A person in PPE looking through a microscope](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-07/facility-lmf-banner.jpg?h=29c18064&itok=r5bGd2CA)
Facility
This laboratory is used for the preparation and examination of engineering materials
Research facility
We provide a wide range of contract research products for DNA analysis and associated services
Research facility
We produce and supply thousands of reagents and provide scientific services to academics and pharmaceutical companies across the globe
Research facility
NPSC provides phenotypic screening services for the School of Life Sciences and external academic and commercial partners
![robot in lab for national phenotypic screening](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-07/NPSC%20robot.jpeg?h=768aac41&itok=82No3715)
Facility
This facility allows you to design, programme and build autonomous robotic devices
Facility
The Scheuer collection is considered the only active repository of juvenile skeletal remains in the world
![scan images of human skulls of different ages](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-04/scheuer-1170x780.jpg?h=6b6c6ba8&itok=RXTmxkGA)
Research facility
We support the School to ensure a safe environment for staff, students and visitors.
![Life sciences building](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-04/Life%20sciences%20cover.jpg?h=113149a0&itok=9pbGyoDT)
Research facility
Orthopaedic research lab for studying sports activities.
![Lady walking with motion sensors to study movement.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-05/UoD-25.05.18_0162.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=rv9gKxw7)
Research facility
A secure bio-repository that collects samples of surplus tissue and other specimens donated by consenting patients
Research facility
The Tayside Bioresource is a portfolio of individual studies that have been recruiting participants from Tayside to genetic research since 1997.
![A person in PPE moving samples into or out of a fridge](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-07/facility-bioresource-banner.jpg?h=29c18064&itok=MFQqbj4E)
Research facility
The primary aim of the Centre is to provide genomic analysis services to the University of Dundee encompassing both academic and clinical research themes
![Tiled images showing the Tayside Centre for Genomic Analysis lab, a woman in a white lab coat and purple gloves is using some of the machines.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-07/tcga-lab.jpg?h=9a89e198&itok=-489eAgn)
Research facility
We are a fully registered UKCRC trials unit working with investigators and clinicians to design and deliver high quality clinical research
Facility
The User Centre is a place where groups of computer users and learners of varying skills meet to learn and help each other in a friendly environment
![Female User Centre participant who uses communication device for speaking in conversation with volunteer during a group session.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2021-02/IMGP8486.jpg?h=fee4874d&itok=-d_4PiKN)
Facility
We use the Thiel embalming system, which offers a novel and revolutionary experience of working with human material compared to other preservation methods
![A photograph of a person in uniform working in the Thiel Cadaver Facility](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-03/thiel.jpg?h=b82fc3b6&itok=ZcEundAa)
Research facility
Our purpose-built observation lab records human interaction with technology