The
Jodrell laboratory houses up-to-date laboratory facilities
for a wide range of techniques, both modern and traditional,
in biochemistry, genetics, molecular sequencing, micromorphology
and mycology.
These include electron microscopy
and various types of light microscopy using digital imaging.
Also
the RBG Kew DNA bank is kept at the Jodrell Laboratory.
The Jodrell Laboratory was founded
in 1876, rebuilt in 1964, and greatly extended with a new wing
in 1993. A further extension (the Wolfson Wing) is on course
for completion in April 2006; this will house new laboratories,
a new mycology herbarium, extended desk space for visitors
and improved library facilities, in addition to existing extensive
electronic resources.
