Research facilities

The Faculty of Science has an excellent and extensive infrastructure for its research activities.

Many of the facilities listed below are among the top research facilities in Europe and are made available to both internal and external researchers. An overview of all research facilities at the Utrecht Science Park can be found on the USP website.

  • Biology Imaging Center

    Biology Imaging Center provides access, support and training in advanced light and fluorescent microscopy techniques.

  • Botanic Gardens

    The largest academic garden in the Netherlands, covering an area of 10 hectares. In various locations throughout the Botanical Gardens, we facilitate scientific research.

  • Complexity Laboratory Utrecht (CLUe)

    Enabling scientists to use concepts and techniques from Complexity Science and to encourage interaction among researchers from different fields.

  • Electron Microscopy Centre

    The centre covers the entire range of specimen preparation, electron microscopy data collection and analysis, and 3D reconstruction techniques.

  • High Performance Computing (HPC)

    The HPC facility is a setup to provide high-performance computing power to all life science researchers at Utrecht Science Park.

  • Flow Cytometry Facility

    The flow cytometry facility is equipped with a 4-laser BD FACSymphony A1 cell analyzer, a 5-laser FACSAria Fusion cell sorter, and a 3-laser Union Biometrica large particle Biosorter.

  • Lili's Proto Lab

    Come. Try. Learn prototyping. Turn your idea into a working prototype. Join the community of makers at Utrecht University.

  • Motion Capture and Virtual Reality Lab

    The 14 cameras of the Motion Capture Lab make it possible to capture 3D human movement in real-time.

  • National Single Crystal X-Ray Facility

    The National Single Crystal X-ray Facility determines crystal structure determinations for synthetic chemists at universities, institutes and companies.

  • Netherlands Proteomics Centre

    Research on innovative mass spectrometric methods for efficient and detailed analyses of proteins in relation to their biological functions.

  • Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre

    NPEC offers advanced robotics, hyperspectral imaging, laser scanners, climate chambers, and other state-of-the-art installations for fundamental and large-scale plant research.

  • Utrecht NMR Facility

    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance has the versatility to characterise different kinds of biomolecules, processes and living organisms.

  • Protein Research Centre

    An expertise platform for protein research providing access to state-of-the-art equipment for all life science researchers.

  • Research facility for colloids, macromolecules & nanoparticles

    The facility comprises a range of physical chemical analysis equipment to study properties of colloids, nanoparticles, and macromolecules such as proteins

  • Scientific Instrumentation

    Scientific Instrumentation helps with development of new equipment, electronics, instruments and tools, as well as service and maintenance.

  • Semiconductor Labs and Materials

    Synthesis of semiconductor nanostructures with controlled dimensions and the self-assembly of such building blocks into more complex architectures.

  • Teaching & Learning Lab

    In the Teaching & Learning Lab (TLL) teachers and researchers work to improve the education.

  • The Utrecht Phytotron

    A range of climate rooms enable precise variation of key environmental factors, to study interactions between plants and their environment.

  • Utrecht Advanced In Vitro Models (U-AIM)

    A “one-stop shop” where highly innovative, advanced in vitro models are being developed, validated and transitioned to stakeholders.

  • Utrecht Nanobody Facility

    Utrecht Nanobody Facility offers technology for the functionalisation of nanobodies using site specific conjugation methods of fluorophores.