The facility
The MicroBioRefinery (MBR) consists of three laboratories and two offices supervised by a dedicated team with expertise in heterogeneous catalysis, biocatalysis, material sciences, biomass conversion, polymers and analytical chemistry.
The MBR presents the unique advantage of high-throughput synthesis and characterisation equipment with integration across three labs.
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Equipment includes Parr autoclave batch reactors, CEM Microwave, PID Effi Microactivity reactor, Freeslate CM3 reaction screening system.
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The Characterisation Lab houses state-of-the-art equipment for materials characterisation and reaction analysis.
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Houses a range of state-of-the-art equipment for screening and testing of micro-organisms and cells.