Laboratory equipment gets second lifeMany groups have benefited in recent years from AstraZeneca
R&D Charnwood's multi million pound upgrading of its Loughborough site to
create one of the most modern medicines research centres in
Europe.
Many groups have benefited in recent years from AstraZeneca
R&D Charnwood's multi million pound upgrading of its Loughborough site to
create one of the most modern medicines research centres in Europe.The work has meant that the company has found itself with
furniture and equipment which has become surplus to requirements and so has
regularly sought out other groups where it can be useful especially as much of
it is still in excellent working order with many years of useful life
left.The latest to benefit from AstraZeneca's refurbishment is the
University of Leicester which has been given five specialist computer
workstations and other associated equipment. These will be used in the
University's Structural Biology Group, an International Centre of Excellence
involving scientific staff from the Chemistry and Biochemistry
departments.A spokesman for AstraZeneca said the equipment had been used for
high resolution graphic work in connection with the design of new drugs but had
been replaced by newer computers. The company was pleased to be able to help
the University by donating the equipment, he said.Dr Mike Sutcliffe, Reader in Physical Chemistry at the
University of Leicester, said there is a long and fruitful collaboration
between the University and AstraZeneca. "These work stations with their high resolution graphics, will
replace the older computers we now have and will compliment our
state-of-the-art facilities in the Structural Biology Group. They will be used
for molecular modelling and several other research projects," he said. "All of
us at the University are immensely grateful to AstraZeneca for its kind
donation on this occasion and for the many other ways the company has helped us
over the years," he said.Ends
