Newcastle University

Expertise and Facilities

We have special expertise in:

• Animal field studies
• Conservation ecology
• DNA fingerprinting of plants
• DNA sequencing
• Effects and monitoring of gaseous pollutants
• Fungal pests in the aquatic environment
• Health and Safety for laboratory and field work
• Identification of microbial contaminants
• Impact of climate change on plants
• Pests and their management
• Plant metabolism
• Preservation and decontamination of crops and minimally-processed foods

Outreach activities of biology staff

The expertise of our staff is reflected in the wide range of outreach activities they take part in.

• Open Air Laboratories (OPAL)
• Natural History Society of Northumbria
• Dove Marine Laboratory acitivities

Our facilites include:

• State of the art molecular, biochemical and physiological facilities
• New dedicated group specialising in medical and environmental modelling (PDF: 250KB)
• Plant growth facilities, in both lab and field
• Farm-scale animal/plant trials

We have full access to the wide range of University facilities, including stable isotope mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, engineering facilities, computing and library resources.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

In collaboration with Agilent Technologies the School hosted an advanced workshop in current PCR methods in September 2011 and a workshop on Real-Time PCR with Agilent Technologies in March 2012.

Previously, we have run the very popular Summer School in Biotechnology offering “hands on” experience of modern molecular biology techniques.

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