Research Facilities
The Trinity Centre for Biomecial Engineering has 8 specialist laboratories which are equipped to a very high specification:
- Tissue engineering using Animal derived stem cells.
- Tissue engineering using Human derived stem cells.
- Tissue (Bone and Muscle) preparation lab.
- Tissue testing lab. (Bone, Muscle and cell)
- Microscopy Suite comprising Nano Indentor, Micro-CT and Epifluorescent Microscope.
- Biomaterials lab.
- Impact Biomechanics lab.
- Medical Device Design lab
TCBE meeting room
Location: TCBE, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute- (L3.36)
EQUIPMENT BOOKING
The Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering has received approximately €1.5 m worth of investments in testing equipment since 2000. Some of the more significant items of equipment are listed below;
- Instron 10kn Multiaxial Servo Hydraulic Fatigue testing machine
- M.T.S. Nanoindenter with auxiliary A.F.M.
- Scanco UCT40 MicroCT Scanner
- Silicon Graphics Dedicated High Performance Computing (HPC) resource
- M.T.S. Tytron Micro fatigue testing machine
- Olympus IX 71 Epifluorescent Inverted Research Microscope
- High strain rate testing machine.
- Zwick Single column and Twin column Universal testing machines
- Lenton Thermal Design High Temperature Sintering furnace
- Selection of Inverted and Upright Microscopes
- Leica Stereoscopic microscope
- 8 C02 controlled Water Jacketed Incubators
EQUIPMENT BOOKING
For enquiries regarding equipment in TCD please contact Robert Dunbar (dunbarro@tcd.ie) or Simon Carroll (scarrol6@tcd.ie).
Below is a link to equipment available for booking. Please use an email address when making booking and indicate whether it is a final year project (FYP), MSc Biomedical Engineering (MSc) or research (RES) related project. This is necessary to aid us perform audits of usage.
Example:
FYP-user@institute.ie
MSc-user@institute.ie
RES-user@institute.ie
Equipment
TCBE Zwicks
Location: Parson's building, room 0.01D. Contact: Robert Dunbar (dunbarro@tcd.ie).
NOTE: Please indicate if you are using Zwick 1 or Zwick 2 or both on the calendar
COMSOL Multiphysics
Location: Mech Eng, Parsons Building
NOTE: All users must register with Conor Buckley before use
Vacuum_Oven
Location: TCBE, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute- Biomaterials Lab (L3.30)
Freezedry
Location: TCBE, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute- Biomaterials Lab (L3.30)
NOTE: Users are restricted to pre-booking a maximum of 48hrs in a given week. If it the machine is available 24hrs before, you may re-book in that week.
Micro-CT
Location: Mech Eng, Parsons Building- Microscopy Lab
NOTE: All users must contact Robert Dunbar before using this equipment
Bright-field Microscope, 5th floor
Location: TCBE, TBSI, L5.46
Fluor_Microscope
Location: Mech Eng, Parsons Building- Microscopy Lab
Parsons_Zwick
Location: Mech Eng, Parsons Building- Tissue Testing Lab
NOTE: This equipment is primarily reserved for teaching laboratories and undergraduate students
Instron
Location: Mech Eng, Parsons Building- Tissue Testing Lab
NOTE: All users must contact Robert Dunbar before using this equipment
Nanoindentor
Location: Microscopy lab in Parsons
Real Time PCR Machine
Location: TCBE, TBSI, L5.46
RNAse free PCR prep cabinet
Location: Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (5th floor)
In Vivo MicroCt
Location: TBSI, Comparative Medicine Unit, Research Area.
Western Blot
Location: TBSI, room 5.46
Ultimaker 3
Location: TCBE, TBSI room L3.34 (Cardiovascular Lab)
FormLabs Form 2
Location: TCBE, TBSI room L3.34 (Cardiovascular Lab)
MCR 102 Rheometer
Location: JnJ lab, TBSI, Room B2.44
Microtome
Location: Histology Suite, TBSI room B.46