Facility
Rothamsted (Harpenden)

Rothamsted is the longest running agricultural research station in the world, providing cutting-edge science and innovation for nearly 170 years. It comprises of 400ha land (mainly wheat research) and a series of state-of-the art facilities for plant bioscience including modern lab space, and facilities for bioimaging, microscopy, molecular analysis, metabolomics and proteomics. At the Rothamsted campus there are also environment-controlled building with 16 cabinets and eight growth rooms, as well as containment facilities and insectary unit that features the UK's most extensive aphid collection and over 1000 m² of glasshouse space. Rothamsted also houses a unique experimental system and an archive of soil and plant samples, which has been running since the mid- 19th Century.