Quarter 2 Newsletter 2024
3 July 2024
Highlighted CBS technology
Biacore™ SPR systems are used in a wide range of applications including pharmaceutical development, quality control, and basic life science research.
In CBS we have a Biacore™ T200 instrument for usage by researchers in Cardiff University, other academic institutions and life sciences companies.
Click here to learn all about this fascinating technology, contact us if you have any questions and look out for a training workshop on this technology coming later this year.
Introducing the Medicines Discovery Catapult
MDC has established a unique and vital presence within the UK medicines discovery community. It collaborates across the sector, from SME therapeutic developers, technology innovators, large pharma and biotech companies, to academics and charities.
MDC is ideally placed to identify key areas where drug innovators need advanced skills to help them progress their drug discovery programmes and make game-changing medical breakthroughs. MDC delivers to the nation and its community in three ways:
It supports its partners through the integrated and intelligent deployment of its advanced lab and partnership platforms in Biomarkers, Cellular Sciences and Translational Imaging.
MDC works across all areas of drug discovery but has a particular focus on key areas including Oncology, Neuroscience, Infectious Disease, Immunology, and Complex Medicines.
Through its work, MDC helps to create a thriving national drug discovery sector and translates the best of UK science into the best new treatments for patients worldwide, through partnership.
Get in touch with info@md.catapult.org.uk for more information or visit the MDC website.
Training on Specialised Technologies
'Lunch and Learn' by Bio-Rad on Designing High Parameter Flow Cytometry Panels
We are hosting a Bio-Rad 'Lunch and Learn' in September on Designing High Parameter Flow Cytometry Panels.
Spaces are limited to 25 so click here to register NOW!
Date: Thursday 26th September
Time: Midday - 2pm
Location: UG16, Henry Wellcome Building, Heath Park CF14 4XN
Talk title: Designing High Parameter Flow Cytometry Panels with StarBrightTM Dye Conjugated-Antibodies
Advances in technology and fluorescent dye diversity means there are more pitfalls to navigate during experimental design. Join this lunch and learn to find out about the 7-steps that can help with the design of multicolour immunophenotyping assays and see these steps put into practice. Discover out how StarBright Dyes, in combination with experimental best practice, can help you achieve the consistent and reliable results you need to advance your discoveries.
Thanks for attending our recent Nanostring nCounter seminar. Thank you to Maryam Esmaeili for presenting her work using this technology. The Nanostring slides are in our CBS Technical library, please contact us for access.
We have a Nanostring nCounter in CBS for you to use for your research. Contact us to learn more - and click here to learn more about this technology.
It was great to see many of you at the recent BD, Bionano, Parse Biosciences and Nanopore/10X Genomics webinars organised by our colleagues across Cardiff University.
Contact us if you want to know more about these technologies and we will help to facilitate contacts with the technology suppliers and with the contacts within Cardiff University.
Heads up!
We will be hosting a half-day seminar by BD on specialised flow cytometry in the Autumn. We will circulate registration details when available. Feel free to email usto register your interest in the meantime. Thank you.
Curious about psychology and the brain?
Click here to learn all about the new Participant Recruitment website for the School of Psychology, CUBRIC (Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre) and CUCHDS (Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science).
They are looking to recruit participants to help them learn more about the brain and its behaviour. Studies range from simple questionnaires to brain imaging sessions... you get paid for your time too! This is open to everyone, you don't need to be a Cardiff University employee to participate.
Networking across the region
It was great to mingle with flow cytometrists across the GW4 region in Exeter at the launch of the Exeter Centre for Cytomics (EXCC) and the first meeting of the GW4 Cytometry Group. It was good too to join the recent RNA Day in Exeter.
Closer to home, we have enjoyed attending the MediWales Cardiff University Industry Engagement event and the MediWales Connects conference; promoting Central Biotechnology Services and Cardiff University whilst learning about new technologies and trends in our sector.
Your feedback is important to us
Please look out for the CBS Customer Feedback Survey link on our emails. You can also access this survey via the QR code on posters near our laboratories, our website or the link below.
We value all feedback to help us improve our services going forward and so are very grateful for you spending five minutes to complete this survey, thank you.
