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The Midlands Innovation Flow Cytometry Group is at the forefront of flow cytometry and shares best practice nationally.
The Midlands is at the forefront of flow cytometry, with state of the art equipment and many advanced research groups addressing local and global challenges.
It is one of Midlands Innovation’s longest-standing networks promoting research collaboration, facilitating equipment sharing and delivering training and education.
Our network supports vital research in the medical, life sciences, biotechnology, food science and environment sectors. In the Midlands we use flow cytometry:
in immunology (Covid-19).
in plant science to examine ploidy levels and cell cycle analysis in plants to improve crop yield.
to examine thrombi in infection.
study antibody secreting cells in Dengue virus infection.
Sharing advanced flow cytometry equipment and training enables experiments that would not otherwise be possible, adding significant value to a wide range of research disciplines as well as developing collaborations across Midlands Innovation institutions.
The Midlands Innovation Flow Cytometry Group Committee consists of:
Aston – Jill Johnson
Birmingham – Guillaume Desanti
Cranfield – Francis Hassard
Keele – Alan Richardson
Leicester – David Cousins
Loughborough – Lettie Bishop
Northampton – Lee Machado
Nottingham – Lucy Fairclough & David Onion
Warwick – Steven Servin-Gonzalez
Our vision is to bring together expertise in flow cytometry from across the Midlands and promote the facilities available to all Midlands Innovation institutions. Our annual flow cytometry conference attracts 175+ researchers, showcasing vital research undertaken with flow cytometry.
Professor Lucy Fairclough
MI Flow Cytometry Group Chair (University of Nottingham)
Midlands Open Bioimaging (MOB) is a collaborative network that facilitates remote training and access to advanced microscopy.
Based at the University of Warwick, the Midlands Tier 2 high-performance computer (HPC) system Sulis focuses on enhanced ensemble computing workflows. Funded by EPSRC and the HPC Midlands+ Consortium, the facility is the first machine of its kind in the UK to vastly increase research potential for ensemble computing.
As part of our commitment to promoting the sharing of publicly-funded research infrastructure, our research community can access over 1000 items of scientific equipment from across Midlands Innovation – from electron microscopes to MRIs to 3D printers - through the Jisc Equipment Database. The database is freely available to use for anyone, whether you are a researcher, technician, research manager, funding body or policy maker.
