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The GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories (CNL) for Sustainable 深夜福利国产精品 is a globally unique specialist research facility at the University of Nottingham, established to deliver high-quality chemistry research with sustainability embedded at its core. It achieves this by combining advanced scientific capability with practical measures that reduce waste, improve efficiency and support cleaner chemistry, including resource recovery and recycling, careful integration of equipment with building systems, support for lower-emission technologies, and the promotion of safe, sustainable laboratory practice throughout the facility.
 
Over the past ten years, the team, supported by a wider technical and administrative network, has built, developed and operated the facility鈥檚 technical infrastructure, from the initial set-up of laboratories, equipment and instrumentation through to the day-to-day support of complex research programmes. In doing so, they have enabled sustainable chemistry in practice by delivering specialist experimental platforms, developing advanced analytical methods, and ensuring that sophisticated equipment and facilities operate safely, reliably and efficiently. In essence, their role is to provide the technical foundation that allows ambitious research to be translated into dependable experimental delivery.

We鈥檝e all put an enormous amount of work into creating and developing the technical aspects of the CNL so I鈥檓 absolutely delighted we鈥檝e been awarded this prize. It鈥檚 a real honour to be recognised by our professional body and a fantastic way to mark our ten-year anniversary.

Tom Clayton

Q&A

How do you feel about receiving this prize?

Ben Pointer-Gleadhill: Absolutely elated. It means a lot to get the recognition for our team's delivery of this ambitious project.

Kevin Butler: Extremely pleased to have won and to get the recognition for the hard work the team has put in over the last 10 years making the CNL the place it is today.

Peter Morgan-Tansley: Excited and unexpected! It is a prestigious award and I feel very proud of the team's achievement. 

Shazad Aslam: Absolutely wonderful.

Tom Clayton: We鈥檝e all put an enormous amount of work into creating and developing the technical aspects of the CNL, so I鈥檓 absolutely delighted we鈥檝e been awarded this prize. It鈥檚 a real honour to be recognised by our professional body and a fantastic way to mark our ten-year anniversary.

Mandy Cordell: I feel very honoured and proud of our team at the CNL for receiving this prize and feel we have all worked hard to achieve it.

What is your role within the technical team?

Shazad Aslam: I am an NMR specialist.

Ben Pointer-Gleadhill: My involvement began with input into the laboratory planning and design, then procurement and commissioning of the analytical kit to facilitate chemistry research at the CNL. We are able to design our fantasy analytical laboratories 鈥� which was cool (is that weird?). We wanted this equipment to be as openly accessible as possible, so we have developed ways of working and systems to enable researchers to get the best out of the kit. My day-to-day work is supporting the research with training, application and method development. 

Peter Morgan-Tansley: Providing IT support. This varied a lot, from helping to manage the infrastructure of the research instrumentation to purchasing equipment and setting it all up.

Tom Clayton: I am a Senior Technical Specialist, leading the technical operations of the GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable 深夜福利国产精品. With extensive expertise in gas chromatography, advanced spectroscopy, high-pressure systems, and complex laboratory instrumentation, I support cutting-edge research while ensuring operational resilience, compliance, and innovation. My role bridges technical excellence, health & safety leadership, and sustainable facility management.

Mandy Cordell: My role at the CNL is running the main stores, providing a counter service for staff and students including glassware and chemicals and many other items needed.

What different strengths do different people bring to your team?

Shazad Aslam: The team comprises people with different knowledge, expertise in their field, all communicating with each other to gain knowledge in other people鈥檚 area of work. And most of all, helping each other to create a successful working environment.

Lola Ogunyemi: I think the strengths of members of the team can best be highlighted by looking at our different yet synergistic approaches to work. We have team members who are great at being decisive in an emergency, and others who are great at planning and risk鈥慳ssessing to avoid incidents. For some, it is their attention to detail which is their strength, and this is complemented by others who focus on the broader picture. We have members whose strengths are their approachability and openness, but this is helpfully balanced by more assertive approaches to ensure health, safety and quality standards are upheld. Maintaining the various aspects of this research facility could require an overwhelming multitude of skills and strengths for an individual, but as a team we make it work!

Why is your work so important and exciting?

Shazad Aslam: My work interacts with many researchers with different problem-solving issues and deducing possible chemical structures using different NMR experiments. It is exciting if the results are very successful and I鈥檝e contributed to helping researchers in solving problems and publishing papers for the work carried out.

Ben Pointer-Gleadhill: The world is changing at an ever-increasing pace. People don鈥檛 always realise it, but chemistry research is at the forefront of modern humanity鈥檚 response. Our precious world needs us to think carefully about how we use chemistry to meet these challenges. 

Mandy Cordell: My work in the main stores is very important as it provides all the laboratories with equipment needed daily, I thoroughly enjoy serving people at the stores and chatting with them.

How important would you say collaboration is for producing high-quality science/work? How has collaboration influenced your work?

Kevin Butler: Collaboration is a central part of all my work. Without collaboration between the researchers and the technical specialists in the building, we wouldn't be able to achieve the high level of scientific research that we currently do. By each member of the team contributing their specialist knowledge, we ensure the science achieves the highest impact possible.

Tom Clayton: I think we all know that high-quality science is done in teams. In a facility like ours, the work depends not only on the core group directly supporting the laboratories, but also on the wider network of people across the School of 深夜福利国产精品 whose expertise makes that work possible. While this award recognises the core team working at the CNL from its inception, what we have achieved has always relied on collaboration with colleagues across the School. That includes technicians, academic staff, researchers, and professional services and administrative colleagues. That collaboration has shaped our work at every level. It has helped us develop new capability, solve problems more effectively, and maintain the level of reliability that complex research demands. What this reflects, really, is that strong technical work and strong science are collective efforts.

In what ways does creativity influence how you think about or carry out your work?

Peter Morgan-Tansley: By thinking about an end goal and being open to creative solutions allows me to help the end user to achieve their research goals. Creativity allows me to problem solve and think about ways that I can make possible what the rest of the team or researchers need to achieve their goals.

Thinking back to earlier in your career, are there any words of wisdom that you wish someone had told you?

Peter Morgan-Tansley: There are two important phrases that I like to keep in mind: 鈥淜eep an open mind and keep learning,鈥� and 鈥渉elp others and they will help you.鈥� I have worked in IT for over 30 years, and it is constantly changing, so it鈥檚 important to remember that everything evolves and to keep adapting with it. Working within a team means that everyone has their own strengths, and both asking for help and offering help are fundamental to good team spirit.