Specialist Services and Consultancy

Oxford Brookes Bio-Imaging Unit

A core facility based in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. Our unit has a wide range of light and electron microscopes, as well as fully-equipped electron microscopy sample preparation labs. We also have dedicated workstations for 3D image analysis. Our expertise lies in high-resolution live cell imaging and 3D electron microscopy.

CSI:Oxfordshire

CSI:Oxfordshire is an outreach project hosted by the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University and sponsored by Bio-Rad and the Oxford Brookes Student Community Fund.

Oxford Brookes Microscopy Consultancy

This consultancy offers a full range of services in light, confocal, scanning and transmission electron microscopy.

Environmental Information Exchange

The Environmental Information Exchange (EiE) is a not-for-profit group that supports the environmental aspirations of organisations in Oxfordshire and the South East of England by raising awareness of the practical actions they can take and facilitating their implementation. EiE works with local authorities, national government, partner groups, and charitable trusts to engage a wide range of organisations on environmental issues. EiE works with Oxford Brookes University through the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences to deliver the University's environmental goals in the local community.

Freshwater Habitats Trust

Freshwater Habitats Trust is an evidence-based conservation charity using scientific research and practical action to safeguard freshwater habitats and their wildlife.

Centre for Ecology, Environment and Conservation

The Centre for Ecology, Environment and Conservation provides a central focus for the expertise we have in ecology, environment and conservation, as well as molecular and developmental biology which feed into these disciplines, together with expertise in environmental policy and the interface between development and biodiversity.

Oxford Expression Technologies

This is a spin out company based in the Department and offers a high quality and rapid service to produce and characterise recombinant baculoviruses for high level expression of recombinant proteins in insect cells. A range of kits are available based around the baculovirus technology

Oxfordshire Bioscience Network

Has spun out from the Department and is now based at Milton Park, Didcot. The Network promotes biotechnology business and research enterprise across Oxfordshire. It provides a range of services to facilitate networking and communication, providing a gateway service that partners industry, academia, research and service providers to ensure continued sector growth and sustainability.

Wildknowledge

A company specialising in mobile applications for recording information in the field, span out of this unit in 2007.