Technology Platforms, Facilities and Services

UEA Structural Imaging Platform

Specialist microscopes and high resolution imaging services

Nutritional Information Systems

Food analysis solutions and food labelling advice.

QIB Extra Contract Research and Analytics

Bespoke research and market-leading services for the food, health and allied industries.

Food Databanks National Capability

Providing data and knowledge on food composition and intake for the UK.

Climatic Research UEA

One of the world's leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change.

Sleep and Brain Research Unit

Specialised research facility dedicated to investigating the role of sleep in human health.

Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit

The Gastroenterology Unit at Norwich is a dedicated provider of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy services, delivered by a team of experts.

Biorepository

The Norwich Research Park Biorepository offers state-of-the-art freezer and retrieval systems to provide material for researchers locally, nationally and internationally.

Clinical Research Facility

A state-of-the-art home to a host of research initiatives to aid the development of new treatments and improve patient care.

Single Cell Genomics

Expertise providing single-cell genomics, from isolation to analysis.

Next Generation Sequencing

Bespoke genomics services from genome experts.

Informatics

Deep and wide-ranging expertise across the many areas in which biology and computing intersect.

Genotyping and DNA Extractions

The John Innes Centre offers four Genotyping and DNA extraction services.

Field Trials

There are a range of facilities on-site and at a nearby farm, that allow field experiments in an agricultural situation

Chemistry

Providing expertise and staff training in various aspects of organic chemistry to scientists across the Norwich Research Park and commercial partners.

Biophysical Analysis

Observation and measurements analysing the strength of interactions between biomolecules.

Germplasm Resource Unit

World-leading resource of genetic diversity in crops.

UEA NMR Platform

The facility provides unique opportunities to study molecules, their assemblies, colloids, soft solids and functional materials over different time scales and physical states.

Metabolomics

Supporting studies of plant and microbial metabolism and carrying out metabolomic studies and small molecule analysis

UEA Element Analysis

Specialist instrumentation providing quantitative and qualitative element analysis on a wide range of solid and liquid samples.

UEA Stable Isotope Platform

Analytical services in bulk solid samples

UEA Bioimaging Platform

State-of-the art microscopes and image analysis systems.

UEA Mass Spectrometry

Mass Spectrometry instruments offering analysis of a range of different samples.

UEA X-ray Platform

X-ray crystallography analysis using single crystal and powder diffractometers.

Norwich Medical School

Home to a host of cutting-edge facilities, services and equipment, designed with education, collaboration and innovation in mind.

National Collection of Yeast Cultures

One of the largest yeast collections in the world, and provides strain data and expert knowledge.

Biofoundry 

A resource for the UK biology and biotechnology communities, providing a platform to undertake large-scale projects.

High Performance Computing

Leading computational infrastructure, software, data resources, protocols and networks.

Crop Transformation

Providing the wider research community with access to a range of crop transformation and genome editing resources.

Entomology and Insectary

Offers numerous services, including a low containment laboratory and glasshouse areas, training and supervision.

Glasshouses and CERs

Glasshouses and controlled environment rooms are available, ranging in growing area from 2 to 8 square metres.

Bioimaging

State-of-the-art imaging equipment and technologies with full technical support and training. 

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

High-resolution NMR spectrometers for structural elucidation and analysis.

Protein Crystallography

A wide variety of crystallisation screens and consumables, an in-house x-ray facility for testing and access to Diamond synchrotron 

Proteomics

The John Innes Centre Proteomics Facility provides proteomic services using mass spectrometry.

TILLING, Mutant screening and Reverse Genetics

Plants with mutations in your gene of commercial or academic interest