Additional Services

Services

Alongside our research facilities, we provide a range of support services that make it easier for researchers to focus on their work and ensure smooth day-to-day operations.

• Central Stores – delivery hub and on-site consumables store for lab plastics and other essentials.
• Waste Management & Disposal – safe and compliant systems for laboratory waste.
• Sterile Consumables for LSRF Users – including RO and UHP water, PBS, sterile pipette tips, and 70% IMS for sterilisation and cleaning.
• Biobank – access to existing cell lines and secure storage of new cell stocks.
• Mycoplasma Testing Facilitation – support for contamination-free cell culture.

Meeting & Social Spaces

We offer a variety of meeting rooms, social spaces, and hot-desk offices that can be booked for seminars, presentations, meetings, coffee mornings, and more—providing flexible spaces to support both formal and informal collaboration. All rooms are available to book for DCU staff, Research Project staff, PhD students & external Core Technologies clients. To enquire about room bookings please email grace.mckiernan@dcu.ie

NRF Board Room (GAG04)

Our ground floor seminar room can accommodate 22 people in a boardroom format and is equipped with a DTEN video conferencing TV with zoom capabilities. We also offer our foyer with tall pod tables and 2 large catering tables to allow for catering services in this area.

Check room availability GAG 04 here

NRF Meeting Room (GA213)

Located on the second floor of the NRF building this smaller room can comfortably host 8 to 10 people and offers a screen for smaller meetings.

Check room availability GA 213 here

LSRF Seminar Room (GG28)

Our newly refurbished ground floor seminar room can accommodate 40 to 50 people in a theatre style. It offers a large display screen with overhead projector plus full room audio for video playback or zoom calls. The room also offers two catering tables for any catering needs an event may require.

Check room availability GG 28 here

LSRF Small Meeting Room (GG01B)

Our smaller ground floor meeting room offers a more relaxed space for informal meetings of 2 to 6 people with a high table and relaxed seating space. This room also offers a presentation screen.

Check room availability GG 01B here

LSRF Social Hub (GG11)

The LSRF Social Hub is a space for staff and students to meet for a coffee, lunch or an informal meeting. The room has a 6 seater high table, a four seater lunch table and a number of relaxed couches.  

The Life Science Café is held here every Tuesday at 10am. It is the Life Science Institute’s weekly invitation to network, chat and hear about exciting Life Science research and technologies. It’s an informal gathering open to all University researchers as well as guests from partners and prospective collaborators. Everyone is welcome to drop in and join for a chat. Click here to find out more about the LSI café.

This room does not need to be booked and is free to use for Core Technology users. 

Hot Desk Space GG 01

We have 10 desks available for researchers to use. These are available for Postgraduate/PhD students, Postdocs, Interns, Research Assistants, etc. to use when working in the LSRF/NRF. 

We are currently trialling a drop-in policy, so no booking is needed. We ask that people only use the desk for the amount of time they need to and do not store belongings there when not in attendance.