Specialist Labs

The Specialist Integrated Technology Teaching and Learning laboratories (ITL) in the School of Chemical & Life Sciences includes:

Diploma in Chemical & Pharmaceutical Technology 

The School of Chemical & Life Sciences (Chemical)'s Specialist Laboratories are situated at Block R Level 1.

Occupying some 350 m2 floor area, they consist of two pilot plants:

• Chemical pilot plant

• Pharmaceutical pilot plant

The pilot plants serve as a bridge between laboratory-scale apparatus and life-size industrial plants, thereby providing an unique learning environment on the applications of key chemical processes, unit operations and process control technologies prevalent in the industry.

The pilot plants can also be used to produce pre-clinical trial materials and other R&D purposes.

Diploma in Molecular Biotechnology

These laboratories situated at Block Q, Level 6 focus on the following areas:

• Molecular Diagnostics

• Functional Genomics

• Proteomics

• Pharmacogenomics

• Drug Development

• Clinical Trials

• Bioprocess Technology

• Bioenterprise & Bioinnovation

• High Throughput Analysis (DNA Microarray Bio-Automation)

• Cell Culture for Cell Lines, Primary Cultures & Stem Cells

• Bioprocess Technology for Biologics Production

• Bioreactors for Mammalian & Bacterial Cell Culture Scale-up

• Medicinal & Natural Product Chemistry

• Nano & Biomaterials Fabrication & Analysis

A total of 12 laboratories amounting to about 1,200m2 floor areas are allocated for the above mentioned laboratories. The concept of SCL Specialist ITL laboratories has captured and encompassed the core essence of the field of biomedical sciences industry namely research development, clinical trial, bio manufacturing and bioenterprise.

The objective of the SCL Specialist ITL laboratories is to enrich the learning experience by illustrating and integrating the entire process flow from drug discovery, scale-up, to commercialization, sequentially and comprehensively.

Diploma in Food Science 

The Diploma of Food Science has a total of 11 specialist and application laboratories and a central processing plant situated at Block N Level 5 & 6 amounting to about 2,400 m2 of total floor areas. The concept of SCL Food Science specialist and application laboratories has captured and encompassed the core essence of the field of food science, food safety, food product development, nutrition science and food business.

Specialist Laboratories at Block N Level 6

• 3 units of Teaching Kitchen with robing room - These Teaching Kitchens are equipped with industry grade stove & oven, mixer, blender, chiller & freezer, ice cream making machine and various cooking utensils.

• Food Analysis and Testing Laboratory - This laboratory is very well equipped with industry grade texture analyzers, viscometer (for measurement of product viscosity), rheology analyzer, humidity chambers, colorimeter for color analysis, pH meter and microscope.

• Food Processing Laboratory - This laboratory is also well equipped with pilot scale freeze dryer, spray dryer, pasteurizer, blast freezers, humidity chambers, dough proving machine, homogenizer, bowl cutter, modified atmosphere packaging machine, high speed mixer and extruder.

• Sensory Laboratory - This is a complete sensory evaluation laboratory complete with a food preparation laboratory, a ten-station sensory evaluation room and a twenty five- seats sensory training room. The food preparation laboratory is well equipped with industry grade induction cooker and food processors. Each station in the sensory evaluation room comes with a computer and latest version of sensory evaluation software.

Application Laboratories and Central Processing Plant at Block N Level 5

• Five units of application laboratories specialized in baking, fermentation, seafood & meat, minimally process food and beverage. Each application lab is well equipped with industry grade equipment and process line.

• Central Processing Plant - A complete central processing plant with industry standard gowning room, chiller, freezer, central store, wash area and central processing area. The central processing area is well equipped with industry grade retort machine, packaging machine, pasteurizer, free dryer, spray dryer etc.

The objective of the Diploma in Food Science specialist and application laboratories is to enrich the learning experience by illustrating the entire process from raw materials purchase, product idea development, conceptualization, prototype development, safety testing, sensory evaluation & consumers acceptability test, to commercialization or licensing in a sequential and comprehensive manner.

Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences 

The Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences houses laboratories situated at Blk Q, Level 6. These laboratories focus on the following areas:

• Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• Animal Studies

• Clinical Trials

• Drug Development

"Health@NYP - The Teaching Drug Store" located at Blk A, Shopping Arcade, is a unique teaching enterprise concept for training pharmacy technicians in performing over the counter patient counselling, selling and recommending products to customers as well as learning how to support its running operations. Students attached at the teaching drug store can:

• apply their knowledge gained to hands-on practices

• equip themselves with the confidence and knowledge of over the counter medicines to better handle customers and patients both in the retail as well as hospital settings

• gain business management skills and explore ideas of entrepreneurship

• be trained as operational ready pharmacy technicians, ready for the industry even prior to their industrial attachments, thus, increasing their potential for employability

Pharmaceutical Sciences has a Pharmacy Training Centre located at Blk Q, Level 5. This is a novel training centre which has the following functions:

• Simulates an environment where students are exposed to the normal operation workflow of an outpatient pharmacy.

• Provides students the opportunity to pack and dispense prescriptions during practical dispensing sessions, develop their patient counselling skills via role-playing workshops and to allow them to practise their drug information skills when handling enquiries utilizing the drug reference section

• The drug reference section in this centre can serve as a mini resource area for research purposes and for conducting small discussion groups with students or visitors

• A rehabilitation corner will be designated as a storage area of rehabilitation equipment for training purposes.

• This centre can also showcase and display exhibits and students' project work such as patient information leaflets (PILS), posters for visitors.