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3D X-ray histology facility
We provide micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) imaging of soft-tissue samples.
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3D X-ray imaging facility
We carry out advanced three-dimensional imaging and computed tomography.
Engineering
Algal biomass facilities
We can carry out research using our water channel reactors and bioreactors up to production scale. Our facilities are located in Southampton and Spain.
Engineering
Anaerobic digestion laboratory
This laboratory is home to more than 250 kinds of anaerobic digesters. We carry out research from lab study to commercial operating plant.
Medicine
Bioinformatics Research Facility (BIO-R)
The BIO-R provides expert bioinformatics consulting and data analysis solutions.
Health science
Biomechanics Laboratory
We are a purpose-built, fully equipped laboratory dedicated to studying the biomechanical and physiological mechanisms of daily and physical activities in both controlled and field environments.
Biological sciences
Biomedical confocal and lightsheet microscopy facility
The confocal and lightsheet microscopy facility provides expertise in producing high resolution images.
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Biomedical digital and virtual microscopy facility
Virtual microscopy systems allows the scanning of whole slides or selected regions at a chosen magnification.
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Biomedical general photomicrosopy facility
We have a variety of standard, high quality, upright and inverted photomicroscopes with different imaging modalities for general imaging purposes.
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Biomedical image processing and analysis facility
We have a wide variety of high end graphics workstations, touchscreen monitors and dedicated software for scientific image processing and analysis.
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Biomedical live cell imaging and time-lapse microscopy facility
A fully automated, inverted microscope system with brightfield, phase contrast and fluorescence imaging capabilities and long working distance objectives.
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Biomedical MicroCT facility
MicroCT is a non-destructive imaging technique that use X-rays to generate high resolution 3D datasets from samples.
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Biomedical Research Facility
We offer state-of-the-art experimental facilities, breeding colony maintenance and research support.
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Biomedical scanning electron microscopy facility
This facility enables the creation of ultra high-resolution images of surface topography with a large depth of focus.
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Biomedical spatial biology facility
Our spatial biology platform provides equipment and expertise to enable cutting edge work.
Engineering
Boldrewood towing tank
This facility supports a wide range of research and commercial activities across the maritime, aerospace, energy and transportation sectors.
Bushings and insulators research facility
Traditional insulator and bushing designs using either ceramics or glass have been superseded by polymeric and composite designs, areas in which we have a lot of experience.
Cable testing facility
We are very experienced in the testing of parent cable, joints and terminations and have developed facilities specifically for several bespoke electrical, thermal and mechanical tests.
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Cancer Sciences Microscopy Facility
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Cancer Sciences Protein Facility
Ocean and earth science
Centre for Earth Research and Analysis Southampton (CERAS)
We are a world-class facility for chemical and isotopic analysis of natural and anthropogenic materials.
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Centre for Environmental Science
Our laboratory suite supports research and teaching in Environmental Science.
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Chemical nanoanalysis scanning electron microscope
The Chemical Nanoanalysis Scanning Electron Microscope (CNSEM) facility offers a high resolution field emission SEM, in combination with dual-EDS and correlative Raman spectrometer.
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Chromatography and mass spectrometry facility
We host 11 different mass spectrometry instruments with a range of ionisation techniques, analyser types and chromatography inlets.
Medicine
Clinical Imaging Facility
The Clinical Imaging Facility enables University researchers to access NHS operated imaging modalities for clinical, translational, and experimental research. We provide access to state of the art imaging technologies, such as MRI facilities.
Medicine
Clinical Informatics Research Unit
Our informatics services cover clinical trials management, form design, data integration, health research analysis and clinical innovation.
Ocean and earth science
Coastal Research Laboratories
The Coastal Research Laboratories are dedicated to the study of coastal, estuarine and shelf sea hydrodynamics and sediment transport, and interactions between flow, sediment, ecosystems and infrastructure.
Confocal microscopes
Our confocal microscope provides optical sectioning of samples. This allows us to create 3D reconstructions.
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Containment Level 3 Suite
Our facility is designed to handle and contain the most dangerous human pathogens
Ocean and earth science
Coral reef laboratory
Coral reef science: inspiring awareness of the need to protect marine ecosystems.
Deep-ultraviolet projection lithography facility
Our deep-ultraviolet scanner is a unique capability within UK academic research.
Archaeology<span class="h-line-spacer hidden md:inline">|</span><div class="block mb-2 md:hidden"></div>English<span class="h-line-spacer hidden md:inline">|</span><div class="block mb-2 md:hidden"></div>Film<span class="h-line-spacer hidden md:inline">|</span><div class="block mb-2 md:hidden"></div>History<span class="h-line-spacer hidden md:inline">|</span><div class="block mb-2 md:hidden"></div>Modern languages and linguistics<span class="h-line-spacer hidden md:inline">|</span><div class="block mb-2 md:hidden"></div>Music<span class="h-line-spacer hidden md:inline">|</span><div class="block mb-2 md:hidden"></div>Philosophy
Digital humanities facilities
Use our immersive, virtual reality and digital production facilities to create and explore artefacts, environments and recordings for your humanities research.
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Driving simulator facility
The driving simulator offers an immersive driving experience for human factors research.
Art, design, media and fashion
E-textile Innovation Lab
We operate at the intersection of textiles and electronics, blending design with engineering.
Psychology
Electroencephalography (EEG) laboratories
The EEG facility is a key resource for investigating the brain’s electrical activity in real time.
Electron beam lithography facility
Our electron beam lithography facility hosts the first 200 kilovolt system outside of Japan.
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Electron diffraction facility
Our electron diffraction facility enables single-crystal structure analysis of crystallites too small for single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments.
Electrophysiology instruments
We have a range of electrophysiology instruments capable of measuring electrical fields in both sectioned explants and adherent cells
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Environmental laboratory
Our work focusses on the design and optimization of wastewater treatment technologies and bioenergy research.
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Environmental Processes Laboratory
This Laboratory Suite supports research and teaching in Physical Geography.
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Environmental Sensing at Southampton
Uncovering new frontiers of understanding using environmental sensing.
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Environmental Sequencing Facility
We perform a range of wet lab protocols, ranging from nucleic acid quality assurance to library preparation and in-house sequencing.
Psychology
Eye movement recording facilities
Our eye tracking facilities can record human eye movement which helps us research language processing and visual threat detection.
Engineering
Fermentation facilities
We explore the production of biofuels in our environmental biotechnology facilities. Equipment includes fermenters and downstream processors.
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Field Spectroscopy Laboratory
Fully equipped dark room suitable for a variety of spectroradiometric experiments.
Flame hydrolysis deposition facility
The flame hydrolysis deposition facility supports the industrial process for producing planar lightwave circuits. This includes the array waveguide gratings used in telecommunication networks.
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Flow Cytometry
Fluorescence and brightfield microscopes
Our widefield and zoom fluorescence microscopes permit the specific labelling of up to four targets simultaneously.
Focused ion beam facility
This facility supports research in nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, silicon photonics and quantum devices research.
Forensics research facility
As a laboratory that has a significant profile of insulation research, we are very well equipped with tools and measurement apparatus that are applicable to forensic study of dielectric materials.
Engineering
Freshwater fish holding facilities
Our freshwater fish holding facilities include indoor and outdoor holding tanks.
Engineering
Geomechanics laboratory
This facility is for standard and advanced soil element testing, including rail track bed materials.
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Geospatial computing facility
The Geospatial computing facility is a specialised IT facility for Geospatial data.
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Geotechnical Centrifuge
We research the effects of climate change on infrastructure without waiting for it to happen.
Engineering
High energy laboratory
The high energy laboratory provides additional off-campus space to allow testing and operation of high voltage and power energy storage and production systems.
Ocean and earth science
High Resolution Marine Geophysics
We study the seabed and the near-seabed subsurface at better than 1m resolution using acoustic tools.
Electronics and computer science
High voltage laboratory
The Tony Davies high voltage laboratory (TDHVL) is our centre for research into dielectric materials and insulation systems, as well as high voltage and related phenomena.
Medicine
Histochemistry research facility
We process cells and tissue samples into a range of mediums including frozen, paraffin, and resin.
Biological sciences
Histology microscopes
The facility provides histological microscopes for colourimetric imaging, plus additional equipment for the sectioning, preservation and processing of specimens.
Hybrid materials and devices facility
We specialise in processing and characterisation of thin film materials from solution, such as those employed in flexible or wearable optoelectronic devices and battery research.
Engineering
Hydraulics facilities
Our Hydraulics facilities support the experimental fluid dynamics research conducted at the University.
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Imaging and microscopy centre
The Imaging and Microscopy Centre is a core facility for advanced life sciences imaging at Southampton University.
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Instrumented vehicle facility
Our on-road instrumented vehicle can be used for naturalistic studies of driving and driver behaviour.
Iridis research computing facility
Learn more about the Iridis, University’s High Performance Computing System
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Large anechoic chamber
Our anechoic chamber is a silent room 'without echoes' used for carrying out standard acoustical tests.
Engineering
Large structures testing laboratory
This facility tests structures, components and materials at a range of scales across a wide range of application areas.
Live imaging system
We have a live imaging system that allows us to investigate living cells using time lapse microscopy.
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Magnetic resonance facility
Our facilities at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Magnetic Resonance include nine NMR spectrometers plus several customised and ancillary items. Our facilities are located on the ground floor of Building 27 (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer...
Ocean and earth science
Marine Electromagnetics
We carry out marine controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) surveys - for both academic and applied research topics.
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Maritime Robotics and Instrumentation Laboratory (MRIL)
The Maritime Robotics Laboratory at the University of Southampton aims to develop the next generation of ocean going robots.
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Material innovation laboratory
The material innovation laboratory facility offers a range of capabilities ranging from synthesis and characterisation to full research projects focusing on high-throughput methodology.
Materials characterisation research facility
We specialise in the characterisation of materials in terms of electrical, mechanical and thermal properties, which plays an important role in product development.
Nanofabrication cleanrooms
The nanofabrication cleanrooms houses a fully featured suite of semiconductor processing tools as well as a planar fabrication laboratory.
Engineering
National Infrastructure Laboratory
This facility contains 5 engineering laboratories. It carries out research into improving and developing infrastructure.
Novel and compound glass facility
We specialise in advanced material development. This ranges from exotic 2D semiconductors to bulk glasses with wide optical transparency.
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy facility
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a highly effective analytical tool that enables the assignment of functional groups, atom connectivity, and 3D molecular structures by combining a wide range of 1D and 2D NMR experiments.
Ocean and earth science
Nutrients and Carbonate Chemistry Facility
We provide expert analyses for dissolved inorganic and organic nutrients, as well as carbonate chemistry, in diverse freshwater and seawater samples.
Psychology
Observation laboratory
With a 1 way mirror and recording suite we use this lab to observe and investigate social interactions.
Ocean and earth science
Ocean Bottom Instrument Consortium (OBIC)
We aim to provide the academic and commercial communities with access to multi-sensor, versatile seabed instruments to enable sub-surface geophysical imaging at high vertical and lateral resolution.
Ocean and earth science
Organic geochemistry laboratories
We have a dedicated sample preparation lab, wet chemistry lab space, and an instrumentation lab.
Psychology
Pain research laboratory
We have a dedicated temperature-controlled laboratory, with specialist equipment for understanding pain response.
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Paleoenvironmental Laboratory
We specialise in the study of environmental change over recent Geological time.
Biological sciences
Plant growth facility
The plant growth facility provides a glasshouse and a selection of Controlled Environment Rooms (CERs) capable of housing traditional and novel plants.
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Powder and materials X-ray diffraction facility
The powder and materials diffraction facilities offer a range of capabilities from simple phase identification through to complex materials analysis.
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Pressure laboratory
We are a purpose-built laboratory designed for evaluating medical and consumer products.
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Printed electronics and materials laboratory
Here we make novel thick-film sensors, actuators and systems printed using silk screen and inkjet printers.
Psychology
Psychophysiology laboratory
Using equipment like facial electromyography we explore the relationship between the mind and body to see how they interact.
Ocean and earth science
Radiochemistry facility
NNUF-EXACT is a centre for radiochemistry. We provide research and training in the accelerated nuclear characterisation and remediation technologies.
Railway equipment research facility
We have worked with many clients who require use of our facilities for testing a varied range of components and equipment for the railway industry.
Ocean and earth science
Research aquarium
Our multi-purpose research aquarium houses a variety of tanks and facilities for keeping and handling live specimens.
Ocean and earth science
Research vessel
R.V.Callista based at NOCS, is available to staff and students of Ocean and Earth Science
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Reverberation chambers
We have a large and a small reverberation chamber which we use for acoustic testing.
Engineering
River, estuary and coastal resilient infrastructure testing flume (REAL)
River, estuary and coastal resilient infrastructure testing flume (REAL) is a bespoke Armfield design, and the largest of its kind in Europe.
Chemistry and chemical engineering
Scientific glassblowing workshop
This workshop is furnished with all the equipment needed to design and make scientific glassware for research and development.
Silica fibre facility
We specialise in the manufacture and research of doped and structured fibres. Our equipment includes fibre towers and modified chemical vapor deposition lathes. We also house a range of preform and fibre characterisation tools.
Chemistry and chemical engineering
Single crystal X-ray diffraction facility
We provide a structure characterisation service and conduct research in chemical crystallography. We are home to four extremely high powered rotating anode diffractometers, with two copper source and two molybdenum source instruments.
Engineering
Soton UAV (Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle) laboratory
We design, manufacture and fly uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) for research purposes.
Super-resolution microscope
We have a super-resolution microscope which provides a range of advanced imaging techniques.
Switchgear research facility
We are very experienced in testing of switchgear and associated plant as well as enclosures.
Engineering
Testing and structures research laboratory
This regional and national centre for experimental mechanics research contains equipment capable of testing materials and structures across a range of scales.
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The Coastal and Inland Waters Heritage Science Facility (CIW)
Health science
Thermosense laboratory
We are a purpose-built laboratory designed for researching how skin responds to thermal environments.
Transformers and reactors research facility
We have experience of testing medium voltage and current transformers and our impulse generators can be adapted to meet most test waveform requirements.
Psychology
Visual haptics laboratory
Our human computer interface technology lets us mimic physical sensations. We explore the way humans combine vision and touch to work out shape and material properties.
Engineering
Wind tunnel: 2.1m by 1.5m by 4.4m
This is one of our larger wind tunnels. We use it for student research projects, wind engineering studies and marine industry work.
Engineering
Wind tunnel: 3.5m by 2.4m by 10.5m
The R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel is the largest of our wind tunnels. It's ideal for vehicle aerodynamic work and performance sport testing. It can also be used for consultancy.
Physics and astronomy
X-ray diffraction imaging facility
The X-ray diffraction imaging facility is suited for work including crystal structure determination, high resolution surface texture mapping, and texture pole plotting.