What we do

We engage with companies and internationally highly regarded academic institutions, developing effective Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. We are working with SMEs across Wales to compliment the collaborative project with postgraduate studentships to maximise research opportunities for the student, University and company. This allows us to pursue longer-term projects with SMEs and develop strong collaborative relationships alongside local collaborative activity. We also facilitate knowledge exchange partnerships with wider international partners. This involves the team regularly hosting visitors across public and private sectors, including stakeholders from Nigeria, Colombia and Italy.

We are passionate about aligning student placement opportunities with the dynamic needs of industry. This includes providing summer internships and work experience opportunities for students throughout the University. Our student placements have provided industry and clinicians with access to the latest knowledge, expertise and equipment from across the University. These placements have allowed our students to explore career development opportunities and gain experience of real world problems, equipping them with the strong foundations from which they can build successful careers.

Tools to understand the molecular functions of cellular pathways. Access to state-of-the-art facilities to investigate cellular molecular changes at the single cell and population level:

• Structure and function studies
• Gene expression profiling
• DNA sequencing
• Proteomics
• Metabolomics
• Flow cytometry/multi-parameter flow sorting
• Extracellular flux, e.g oxygen consumption
• Intracellular signalling
• Protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions

With solid foundations in data science concepts, and technologies for extracting information and constructing knowledge from data, focusing on three core technical themes of data mining, machine learning, and visualisation:

• Secure data storage of Patient and Population Health and Informatics
• Population Data Science, research and projects
• Home of the SAIL Databank, an anonymised safe haven for billions of person-based records combined with a complete data linkage and analysis toolset that helps researchers answer important questions for the benefit of society
• Access is restricted to authorised personnel with highly secure servers in line with the Data Protection Act
• No Fee for NHS health board research

Development of a range of devices and systems that help maintain or improve the population’s ability to live independently and longer lives:

• Sensors and wearables
• Single Processing
• Real-Time Monitoring
• Remote Health Monitoring
• Data Visualisation
• Mobile/desktop application integration
• Input/Output Monitoring system

Undertake dedicated research comprising all sciences that deal with living organisms, including human beings, animals, and plants. Our expertise covers a broad field of research and techniques, including:

• biology
• biotechnology
• genomics
• proteomics
• bioinformatics
• pharmaceutical
• biomedical

Specialists in wellbeing technologies that have the potential to transform the way people engage in and control their own healthcare, empowering them to manage it in a way that is right for them

• telehealth
• telecare
• telemedicine
• telecoaching
• self-care apps 

2D and 3D imaging capability for biological and natural/synthetic materials enabling extraction of data from images using a range of computer-aided techniques for:

• Confocal Microscopy, including fluorescence
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) of organic or inorganic material
• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
• Capable of 3D measurement with nanometre resolution
• No need for pre-treatment of sample
• Capable of analysing physical properties, electrical property, magnetic property, friction, viscoelasticity
• Analysis of digital bio-images acquired from in vitro and in vivo experiments
• Development of bespoke image analysis pipelines for data extraction
• Automation of image analysis pipelines
• Application of open-source image analysis software