The PaLS Lab Concept David McGloin Division of Physics, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK d.mcgloin@dundee.ac.uk @DundeePhysics
P Physics and a L Life Sciences Laboratory
Lab Vision • A hub for interdisciplinary science • An exemplar for interdisciplinary working in Dundee • A Centre for world leading biophysics
• A focal point to attract the best young PhD students,
postdocs and faculty. • A mechanism to enable large scale interdisciplinary awards: doctoral training centres, platform and programme awards • Enabling new kinds of teaching experiences through tackling big problems rather than traditional disciplinary topics.
QUESTIONS: Could a similar model work for CECHR? Is there a need? Physics and the Environmental Sciences Lab (PES Lab) Environmental Engineering Lab
OCT
Microfluidics
Funding • Current investment of £850k in
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Lab set up • Two physical labs based in the
imaging facility direct infrastructure from the University of Dundee and SFC • Flexible working space for through SUPA. developmental systems £100k Wolfson Foundation • Current plans and options • Single molecule resolution optical £50k Moffat Trust tweezers £50k Hugh Fraser Foundation • STED Microscope Other matched fund sources • AFM – Confocal Microcopy through SUPA and CLS • Multiphoton microscopy development £25k of equipment funding from system + source development EPSRC Applied Photonics CDT • Multifunctional Lightsheet microscopy Supported by a €3.7M ITN project • OCT imaging “PHOQUS” • Microfluidics development • Novel endoscopy for optogenetics Sustainability through joint future applications project funding • YOUR PROJECT?