The Centre for Hybrid Biodevices is a world class multi-function level 1 and 2 bio containment lab and provides a state-of-the-art environment where undergraduate students can work side by side with PhD students and Post Doctorate researchers, safely testing biodevices and developing ways to miniaturise analytical equipment to provide automated, more effective and inexpensive ways to analyse samples. Through our links with the University Hospital Southampton, students and researchers can work with biological patient samples (not mimics), pathogens and cell cultures. Cutting edge research carried out here includes working with pathogenic materials to develop new tests for anti-microbial resistance.