Facilities

The Roslin Institute provides unique facilities for its researchers. External organisations can also benefit from these.

The Roslin Bioinformatics Team supports bioinformatics activites across the Institute.

High-end microscopy, cell sorting and flow cytometry equipment.

A collaborative centre focusing on the study of human and animal disease mechanisms.

Get hands-on with real-life science in our purpose-built engagement laboratory, offering activities for school pupils, teachers and community groups.

The largest academic DNA sequencing facility by output in the UK.

The Genomics Platform is able to provide the production of single-cell-RNA-seq & single-nuclei-RNA-seq library preparations using two different approaches, providing researchers the ability to choose the method most suited to their experiments.

Welcome to the University of Edinburgh's Large Animal Research and Imaging Facility (LARIF) – supporting the future of agricultural and biomedical research.

As part of The Roslin Institute, the NARF provides resources, collaborative expertise and advice for avian biology research, including genome engineering technologies, immunology, host-pathogen interactions, poultry welfare, physiology and behaviour, developmental biology and genetics.
Our mission is to improve the health and welfare of poultry, to benefit global food security and human health.

A range of ultra-sensitive mass spectrometry based methods to advance proteomic and metabolomic analyses.

Our aquaria are suitable for experiments in aquaculture species in freshwater.