Facilities and capabilities

An overview of the facilities and research capabilities offered by SITraN to members of the University and the wider community.

Facilities

SITraN Multiomics Facility

The Multiomics Facility provides Nanopore sequencing and Nanostring multiplex, amplification-free analysis of up to 800 RNA, DNA, or protein targets.

Learn more about the Multiomics facility

The ºù«Ӱҵ Microarray/Genomics Core Facility

The facility has several years of experience as an Affymetrix-accredited laboratory to run an Affymetrix Gene Chip Microarray system.

See the equipment on offer

Drug Discovery Suite

SITraN has established a lab with state-of-the-art equipment to undertake a comprehensive drug discovery programme for neurodegenerative disorders.

Learn more about the Drug Discovery Suite

Capabilities

Neuropathology and histology

The analysis and investigation of human neuronal and brain tissue are crucial to our understanding of how neurological diseases manifest.

View our histology resources

Computational biology

There is a thread that joins the fundamental work of Isaac Newton and Carl Friedrich Gauss to mathematical modelling in translational medicine.

Learn more about computational biology

RNA and molecular biology

Research into RNAs (ribonucleic acids) is essential to discovering the causes of motor neurone disease.

How the University uses RNA in its research