|||||•• The Avestro Group

Macromolecular Assembly & Molecular Tectonics at Durham University

Tour Our Research Facilities

The Avestro Group is located primarily in laboratory CG026 and shares facilities in CG233 with the McGonigal and Walton research groups.

Department of Chemistry South Entrance (facing the Palatine Centre)	CG233, East wing Plenty of sun, surprisingly!	CG233, East wing Ample bench space and shelving	CG233, West wing Houses the majority of fume and our chemical/solvent inventory
Fume Cupboards We have 6 single and 3 double fume cupboards that are allocated two hot-stirrer plates and a 3-line Schlenk per chemist. High-vac & low-vac pumps, nitrogen or argon atmosphere, and water valves.	Schlenk Lines Every fume cupboard comes with at least one 3-line Schlenk (doubles come with two!)	Rotary Evaporators We have 3 total in the lab (Büchi).	Analytical Balances We have 6 total in the lab, down to 0.01 mg tolerances.
Corner bench, East wing	CombiFlash Rf+ Chromatography System Automated chromatography for enhanced normal phase and reverse phase separations with 200-800 nm detection. Saves solvent, saves immobile phase (eg silica). Hooked up to the Durham network for remote control from your desk.	Centrifuge High-G centrifuge for up to 8 samples (50 mL each) (ThermoScientific)	Cryostat For controlled low-temperature reactions (ThermoScientific)
Potentiostat	Drying Ovens We have three total in CG233.