Professor Robert Winston officially opens multi-million pound science facility
11 October 2012
Renowned scientist and television presenter Professor Robert Winston has officially open a new multi-million pound science facility at NTU. Lord Winston unveiled the high-specification Rosalind Franklin building at the University’s Clifton campus, which will support chemistry and bioscience teaching and research for the School of Science and Technology.
The building – named after the late British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin – houses high-specification laboratories, including a large multi-use lab which allows up to 200 students to work simultaneously. The building incorporates an imaginative teaching environment, with staff and students utilising computer tablet technology in place of traditional paper methods of record keeping. A range of leading research by university experts will be housed in the new facility, including the latest internationally-recognised 3D security scanning and vision systems work and research into "nanomedicine" – the medical application of nanotechnology.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Neil Gorman, said: "We are delighted to be able to welcome Lord Winston to the University and to have him officially open this fantastic facility. This is a hugely exciting development for us, enabling us to provide some of the UK’s finest laboratory facilities for chemistry and biosciences teaching and research."
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