CAMAS) is as a high margin consultancy/research service to external companies and organisations (and internal clients) providing toxicology, microscopy and other chemical analysis services, mainly to industry and public bodies, particularly in the Pharmaceutical Environmental and Forensic sectors. CAMAS is centred in the Chemical Sciences division of the Department of Mechanical, Electrical and Environmental Engineering within the School of Engineering and the Built Environment. CAMAS can offer clients a few hours’ testing analysis to longer term research or analytical collaborations. 
Instruments and expertise include:-

Caledonian Advanced Microscopy & Analytical Services (CAMAS)

CAMAS is as a consultancy/research service to external companies and organisations (and internal clients) providing toxicology, microscopy and other chemical analysis services, mainly to industry and public bodies, particularly in the Pharmaceutical Environmental and Forensic sectors.

CAMAS can offer clients a few hours’ testing analysis to longer term research or analytical collaborations.

Instruments and expertise include:-

Analytical Chemistry: Forensic/Environmental/Pharmaceutical
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
  • Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MSn)
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Fluorescence Spectrometers
  • Flame Ionization Detector (GLC-FID)
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Diode-Array Detection (HPLC-DAD)
Microscopy and Imaging
  • Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
  • Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) with STM capability
  • Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with EDX

 

Clients/collaborations have included SEPA, Scottish Water, oil sector companies, pharmaceutical, environmental and forensic/expert witness projects.  For Example:-

  • Toxicology/drug analysis
  • Fire accelerant analysis
  • Gunshot residues
  • Knife crime
  • Oil industry waste analysis (Scottish Enterprise)
  • Fuel additive analysis (Innovation Voucher Scheme with SME’s)
  • Residual pharmaceuticals in hospital sewage (EU)
  • Environmental monitoring of farm emissions (EU)
  • Biomarkers in human neurological disease (Unv of London)

Contact Details

Dr John MacLachlan, PhD, BSc (Hons), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Chartered Chemist (CChem), Chartered Scientist (CSci),
Member of the Forensic Science Society (MFSSoc)
Director of Caledonian Advanced Microscopy and Analytical Services (CAMAS)
Division of Instrumentation, Control and Chemical Sciences,
Department of Engineering School Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
Glasgow Caledonian University

T: 0141-331-3661

E: j.maclachlan@gcu.ac.uk