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Cryogenics company wins at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Cardiff’s local (national and international) cryogenics company, Cryo Storage Solutions, is in the middle of equipping the new Rosalind Franklin Institute with specialised cryogenic pipework and gas detection systems. The company was founded in January 2017 and is based on Cardiff Docks. It distributes for the German cryogenic pipework market leader; Cryotherm, and supplies cryogenic and lab/medical gas knowhow and equipment across the UK and into the Republic of Ireland. The Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI) is located at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) near Didcot, and joins a host of prestigious scientific and research organisations including the new VMIC (Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre), the Central Laser Facility, and the Diamond Light Source. The Institute brings together experts in Biological Mass Spectrometry, Correlated Imaging, Structural Biology, and Artificial Intelligence and Informatics, and is dedicated to transforming life science through interdisciplinary research and technology development.
The Institute is named after the scientist Rosalind Franklin, who was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer. Her work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of the polio virus, DNA and RNA. Sadly, her main work on DNA was only largely recognised posthumously, and perhaps the naming of this Institute will go some way to further spreading knowledge of her important discoveries.
The RFI will join RAL’s pioneering work in areas such as particle physics, scientific computing, laser development, space research, and technology that will address some of the important challenges facing society. “It has taken me 4 years to get into RAL and make a sale, and now we’re incredibly happy to be equipping the RFI with highly-efficient cryogenic pipework. We have also just landed a large contract to supply similar equipment at the Diamond Light Source, also in RAL, and this is exactly the kind of place I want to be working.”
Cryo Storage Solutions also operates as a HTA-approved cryogenic storage facility, keeping client’s stem cells and human tissue products safe and secure at a chilly -180°c. The company and small team of staff aim to offer cryogenic services to all sectors that use them, and have recently branched out into the world of helium, at an even chillier -269°c. They’re also busy installing the cryogenic systems for cryotherapy machines and saunas, alongside keeping users of laboratory, medical and industrial gases.
Edwin Dyson Managing Director Cryo Storage Solutions
www.cryostoragesolutions.com
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