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Centre for Chemical and Biological Analysis

Housed in the modern Norcroft Building at the University of Bradford, the Centre for Chemical and Biological Analysis (the Analytical Centre) offers an impressive range of sophisticated and specialist analytical equipment and is the hub of analytical science at the University for both research and commercial projects.

Our experienced and highly skilled staff ensure that the instrumentation is maintained to industry standards through service contracts, controlled access and a quality management system. We offer an array of analytical techniques and services to industrial clients including contract research, routine analysis and training courses.

With proven academic know-how and a dedicated and highly professional delivery team we can offer our clients many options to deliver challenging projects. We have an enviable track record of providing timely answers to difficult analytical problems.

We pride ourselves on our ability to solve problems through analytical science, no matter how small or large your challenge, please contact us to discuss how we can help.

 

Norcroft building

The Norcroft Building, University of Bradford

Quality systems

Having worked with well over 100 companies over the past 5 years including many from highly regulated sectors such as Pharmaceuticals, Health and Personal Care, we understand our client’s needs to have total confidence in the analytical data we produce. We achieve this through our internal Quality Management System which has been developed in line with the principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). 

 

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MSc Analytical Sciences

The programme will provide a systematic training in the application of modern analytical methods, providing the necessary practical, interpretative analytical skills to apply a wide range of analytical techniques to key areas of application.

This programme is designed to develop you to become an experienced, independent practitioner of modern analytical science in tune with the needs of research and industry. Measurement is at the core of science, and this programme develops a core of operational experience of modern analytical instrumentation alongside the fundamentals of the analytical sciences. The application of these core capabilities is then developed within thematic pathways aligned to key academic and commercial sectors.

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Meet the Team

Professor Richard Telford

Director of the Centre for Chemical and Biological Analysis

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Richard is a Professor of Analytical Chemistry  and Director of the Analytical Centre at the University of Bradford; a specialist facility managing the major analytical equipment for the University. He joined Bradford in 2005 to manage commercial projects run through the Centre and continues to collaborate widely with industrial partners delivering continuously on multiple projects to the Pharmaceutical, Agrochemical, Healthcare and Specialty Chemical Sectors as Principle Investigator. He has delivered over £2.0m commercial research income since joining the University. Prior to this, Richard started his career at Zeneca (subsequently AstraZeneca and Syngenta) where he spent 8 years in characterisation functions at their HMC and Jealott’s Hill manufacturing and R&D sites as a Senior Analytical Chemist. He has extensive expertise in a broad range of analytical techniques including NMR, vibrational spectroscopy (Raman, FTIR), separation science (HPLC, GC, CE), mass spectrometry, thermal analysis (DSC, TGA, DMA), and electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), with a particular research interest in hyphenated techniques including DSC-Raman/FTIR/XRD (the focus of a recently co-authored book chapter for the RSC text “Principles of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry”).

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Contact

Email
R.Telford@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
01274 236143
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Director of the Centre for Chemical and Biological Analysis

Dr. Chris Sutton

Manager of the Proteomics Facility

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Dr. Chris Sutton obtained his B.Sc. degree and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of Liverpool, with combined studies in the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley. He was then a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, investigating the mechanisms of pathogenicity of Vibrio cholerae. He joined the premier of UK biotechnology company, Celltech Limited, as a Senior Scientist in Protein Biochemistry purifying novel proteins of therapeutic interest, and was later promoted to Group Leader of Analytical Biochemistry. With the emergence of mass spectrometry for protein characterisation, he moved to ThermoFinnigan and developed novel applications for matrix assisted laser desorption mass spectrometry (MALDI MS) including pioneering work in proteomics. He joined Kratos Analytical as MALDI MS Product Manager and was responsible for the marketing and promotion, including co-ordinating the research activity of a worldwide group of 25 application specialists who were developing MALDI MS solutions for the future. He was subsequently promoted to Business Manager for the MALDI MS product lines with a staff of 50, doubling revenues during this time to 10 million USD per annum. Since August 2005, he joined the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics in the University of Bradford as Senior Lecturer in Proteomics Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry. With the support of Yorkshire Cancer Research, he has develop three key areas of research (1) identification of new proteins as candidate diagnostic biomarkers, (2) identification of proteins affected by the action of anticancer drugs and (3) identification of new target proteins for anticancer drug development. He has developed collaborations with academic groups in Hull, York, Sheffield and Leeds within the UK and Cyprus and Pakistan. In addition to Chris joining the School of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, the Proteomics Facility, which he directs will be part of the Centre for Chemical and Biological Analysis.

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Contact

Email
C.W.Sutton@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
01274 236480
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Manager of the Proteomics Facility

Dr. Jason Jones

Commercial Manager FoLS

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Contact

Email
j.r.jones@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
01274 236193
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Commercial Manager FoLS

Dr. Ben Stern

Lecturer in Archaeological Sciences Programme lead for MSc Analytical Sciences

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Molecular archaeology

  • Residue analysis and natural product geochemistry

Analytical chemistry:

  • Gas Chromatography
  • Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC, GC-MS)
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
  • Stable light isotopic ratios (Isotope Ratio-MS)
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS)

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Contact

Email
B.Stern@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+44 (0) 1274 236054
Ben Stern

Lecturer in Archaeological Sciences Programme lead for MSc Analytical Sciences

Mr. Stuart Fox

Research Support Technician

Mr. Stuart Fox

Stuart is a research technician in the Centre and manages the equipment (maintenance, expert use and training provision) in the area of microscopy. He has responsibility for SEM, TEM, confocal fluorescence and light microscopy equipment.

Contact

Email
S.C.Fox1@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+441274233544
Mr. Stuart Fox

Research Support Technician

Haseeb Ul-Rehman

Research Support Technician

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Haseeb is a research technician in the Centre and manages the equipment (maintenance, expert use and training provision) in the area of mass spectrometry and spectroscopy. He has primary responsibility for the NMR and mass spectrometry laboratories.

Contact

Email
H.Ul-Rehman1@bradford.ac.uk
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Research Support Technician

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