Research services within reach of Bedfordshire businesses

Last edited: 11/12/2009
LIRANS Services for Business specialises in four areas: imaging, molecular biology, chemical analysis and fabrication. Businesses can trial their ideas by tapping into the Institute which has a wealth of facilities that may otherwise be inaccessible, eliminating the need for businesses to invest in their own expensive equipment.

Professor Tiantian Zhang, Director of LIRANS said “LIRANS is equipped with a wide range of modern imaging technologies. Scientific equipment such as the confocal laser scanning microscope, the 3D surface confocal microscope, the cryomicroscope and the real–time PCR machines might be valuable for some small and medium enterprises (SMEs), but are not cost–effective to procure. Through LIRANS services, SMEs can access these instruments at an economical hourly or daily rate, allowing them to develop new and improved products and processes without the potentially substantial investment needed in equipment, staff and training costs.”