Adding to ULab

About

ULab is a web-based laboratory and equipment management system. It enables facilities to catalogue their key laboratory equipment. ULab operates from the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow.

ScotCHEM has created a database of its equipment in ULab. We encourage ScotCHEM researchers to catalogue their key laboratory equipment in ULab.

Equipment owners directly control their listings. They control who sees each entry: the public, institutional colleagues, or named individuals. They keep full control over the terms of access

ScotCHEM is primarily interested in compiling as complete an inventory as possible. However, ULab offers other features, which may be useful to researchers. These include a booking, document management and incident reporting systems.

The proactive nature of the database means that its information remains up-to-date. ULab also interfaces with PURE and the EPSRC’s equipment.data site. Adding your equipment to the database implies no commitment to provide any service.

Using ULab

If you want to add equipment to ULab and share your information with ScotCHEM:

  1. Please create an account on the ULab website.
  2. Follow the instructions in the video above to create a Lab and populate it with the equipment you want to add.
    • If you have a large amount of equipment to upload or have any other problems, please contact us. 
  3. Once you have created your Lab, it can be added to the ScotCHEM database. In order for us to add it, please contact us with the following information:
    • URL of your Lab in ULab.
    • Your name.
    • Your email address.

What to include

A simple equipment listing fulfils ScotCHEM’s core goals. However, you may wish to consider which information best promotes your facility:

  • A photo
  • A description
  • The basis for using your equipment e.g. service, consultancy or collaboration.
  • Prices
  • Funders
  • Lead times

Tagging

To make it as easy as possible for others to find your listing, please tag your equipment carefully.

The ULab search algorithm uses a simple text search, so when tagging your equipment it’s best to use both terms which include spaces; e.g. “nuclear magnetic resonance,” and terms which exclude spaces; e.g. “nuclear, magnetic, resonance,”. You may also wish to include brand names or your surname.

Suggested tags for common equipment:

  • NMR:
    nmr, nuclear, magnetic, resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance
  • TEM:
    tem, transmission, scanning, electron, microscope, microscopy, EDX, EELS, EDS, Tomographys, FEG, EDX, EELS, EDS, electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, electron microscopy,
  • SEM:
    sem, scanning, electron, microscope, microscopy, EDX, electron microscope, scanning electron microscope, electron microscopy,
  • Powder Diffraction:
    powder, xrd, crystallography, diffractometer, diffractometers, diffraction, x-ray, xray, diffraction
  • Single Crystal Diffraction:
    single,crystal, xrd, crystallography, diffractometer, diffractometers, diffraction, x-ray, xray, diffraction
  • Mass Spec:
    Mass, Spec, Mass Spectrometry, Mass spec, mass spectrometer,
  • AFM:
    AFM, Atomic Force Microscope
  • UV-vis:
    Ultra, Violet, Ultra violet, UVvisble, UV visble, UVvis, spectroscopy, spectra, spectrometer, UV-vis
  • Dilatometry:
    volume, expansion, contraction dilatometry,
  • DSC:
    DSC, differential scanning calorimetry, calorimeter, thermal, heat capacity, glass transition, melting point, freezing point, phase transition,
  • FTIR:
    infra red spectroscopy, spectrometer, FTIR,
  • TGA:
    TGA, thermal gravimetric analyzer, gravimetry, Porosimetry, porosimeter, Gas and vapour adsorption, BET analysis, THERMOGRAVIMETRIC Analyzer, phase transitions, absorption and desorption, chemisorptions, thermal decomposition, thermal gravimetric analysis,
  • Potentiostat:
    electrochemistry, eletrochemical

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