Resources and Equipment

ATP The School of Chemistry is superbly equipped with the wide range of experimental techniques employed in modern organic chemistry. In addition to the extensive general facilities available in the School generally, there is access to molecular graphics, small molecule and protein X-ray and oligonucleotide synthesis and sequencing and a wide range of fermentation facilities. There is also GC, HPLC, mass spectrometry with EI, CI, ESI, MALDI with HPLC/MS and MS/MS capabilities, GC-MS, stable isotope ratio (d13C and d15N) monitoring GC-MS, pyrolysis GC-MS, HPLC-MS with APCI and electrospray sources, computerised data processing and flame furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The Section houses the central Organic Mass Spectrometry Facility (OMSF) for the NERC comprising Finnigan MAT 4500 (2), Finnigan MAT TSQ 700 and Delta S instruments. The Facility provides a service for, or collaborates with, outside NERC-funded researchers on a wide variety of projects. Other instrumentation includes 2 HP 5973 GC-MS systems (EI and NICI) and a Finnigan MAT Magnum ion trap. There are in excess of 50 postgraduates and 15 postdoctoral research workers in the Section.