Laboratory

The laboratory is based in the basement of the Pearson Building. For enquiries please contact the Laboratory Supervisor Janet Hope, Email: j.hope@ucl.ac.uk Telephone +44 (0) 20 7679 0551, Fax +44 (0) 20 7679 0565. Before commencing work in the laboratory you should read the "lab manual" pages. Methods currently used in the laboratory and their associated risk assessments can be found below. Please ensure that you have read both the method and the risk assessment before coming to the lab to start work. Due to the demand for lab space there is a booking system in operation. Existing bookings can be viewed below. In order to book the lab you must first discuss your requirements with either Tula Maxted or Janet Hope.

Contact Details

 

Fieldwork

 

Laboratory Methods

Please ensure that you have read and signed the appropriate risk assessment for any method that you wish to carry out in the laboratory

Light Microscopy

Visible light is focused through a specimen by a condenser lens and then it is passed through two more lenses placed at either end of a light-tight tube. The latter two lenses each magnify the image. Limitations to what can be seen in bright field microscopy are not so much related to magnification as they are to resolution, illumination, and contrast. Resolution can be improved using oil immersion lenses, and lighting and contrast can be dramatically improved using modifications such as dark field and phase contrast.

Lab Manual

 

Lab Bookings

 

files

 

Risk Assessments

This folder contains the risk assessments for current laboratory methods. Copies of these risk assessments are posted on the lab notice board and these must be signed before commencing work in the labs. Please note that the guide to the COSHH assessments contained within these files can be found in the file "Key to COSHH"

Waste disposal

Laboratory waste must be disposed of in accordance with the health and safety guidelines. We can now send some of the waste for recycling.