Third Floor

Autoclave
A machine that produces high temperatures and pressures relative to normal which is used to sterilise equipment, such as glass wear and surgical instruments.
Infusion Pump
Machine used to infuse various fluids, such as medicines or nutrients into an animal’s or human’s circulation via intravenous, subcutaneous, arterial or epidural routes, at steady and controlled rates and/or intervals.
Disintegration Apparatus
This machine is used to test whether drugs, in the form of tablets or capsules, disintegrate within a specific time frame in a liquid, mimicking their actions in the human body.
Paraffin Dispenser
The piece of lab equipment is used to melt solid paraffin wax and dispense it for use in embedding tissues for observation under a microscope.
Tissue Water Bath
A container that holds heated water used to incubate samples at a constant temperature for long time periods.
Centrifuge
This machine spins fluid-based samples using centrifugal force, in order to separate out its various components based on their different densities.
Dissolution Testing
An important piece of equipment for the pharmaceutical industry, used to confirm that each batch of a drug is the same dosage.
Blood Chemistry Analyser
An apparatus used to determine the concentration of certain metabolites, electrolytes, proteins or drugs in a sample of bodily fluid, such as blood.
Dr Jayne Dennis

GREEN HINT
To access Professor Stevens’ computer files, you need to crack a cipher. Use the internet to look up common ciphers.
YELLOW HINT
Look at the different objects on Professor Stevens’ desk and see which of them relates to a common cipher you have discovered.
RED HINT
“Beware the Ides of March” is related to which number? This number should be applied to the common cipher you discovered.
Dr Sadani Cooray

GREEN HINT
There is a code word written on a slip of paper on Professor Stevens’ desk.
YELLOW HINT
Apply the specific cipher and number to this word to reveal the password to access files on Professor Stevens’ computer.
RED HINT
You need to convert Roman numerals to regular Arabic numbers in order to be able to enter the correct password (an 8 digit number).