Large laboratory area offering purified water, sinks, fume hoods, microbiological safety cabinets, microscopes, -80 freezer, fridges; chemical storage and specialist instrumentation such as a spectrophotometer, plate reader, furnaces and ovens and autoclave. This laboratory is ideally appointed for the design and fabrication of microfluidic lab-on-a chip devices using a wide range of soft and hard polymers, ceramics and metals.