MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London
Science for Health
MRC business case for UKCMRI is approved
10 February 2011
UKCMRI will provide space for more than 1,500 staff, including 1,250 scientists from a range of disciplines at a new site in St Pancras and Somers Town, London. Located amid a cluster of outstanding research and medical institutions, UKCMRI will foster collaborations and multi-disciplinary working which are now recognised as essential for success in biomedical science. It will will bring together staff currently working at NIMR and at Cancer Research UK’s London Research Institute with researchers from UCL.
“We are pleased that the Government recognises UKCMRI as one of the most significant developments in UK biomedical science for a generation. UKCMRI will reinforce the UK’s position as a global centre of research excellence, attracting the brightest and best scientific minds to find ways to prevent and treat the most significant diseases affecting people today. By enabling collaborations and multi-disciplinary working between scientists, UKCMRI will play a key role in ensuring that scientific advances are brought from laboratory bench to patient bedside swiftly and effectively.
Sir John Savill, Chief Executive, Medical Research Council
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