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Science for Health
Plans revealed for new research institute
08 December 2009
UKCMRI is a groundbreaking project to create a world-leading biomedical research institute in central London. It aims to use interdisciplinary and innovative approaches to elucidate the basic biology underlying human health.
UKCMRI will gather research teams from the MRC’s National Institute for Medical Research, the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, and University College London, working closely with researchers located in surrounding universities and research intensive hospitals. The Wellcome Trust will fund scientists working at the centre adding to the interdisciplinary mix.
We are one step closer to setting up this important research centre. UKCMRI will be the most exciting project for UK biomedical research in the next 50 years. Its ambition is immense and the promise of what can be achieved will excite and energise the global scientific community. London and the UK will be very proud of the work undertaken in this highly interactive building. London has been a global centre for leading medical research for four centuries. The ingenuity and excellence of scientists gathered in London has been extraordinary. UKCMRI will draw on that tradition. Situated at the heart of a matchless cluster of medical expertise in Camden, it aims to benefit the lives of countless people in the years ahead
Sir Paul Nurse, Chairman of Scientific Planning at UKCMRI, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine and President of Rockefeller University in New York.
UKCMRI will be constructed on 3.6 acres of land, to the north of the British Library in the St Pancras and Somers Town area of north London. The planning application for the new Institute will be submitted in Spring 2010, following a consultation period with the community and stakeholders.
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Scientific Vision and Research Strategy
UKCMRI released the first details of its proposed Scientific Vision and Research Strategy. The vision summarises how UKCMRI will use inter-disciplinary and innovative approaches to reveal the basic biology underlying the understanding of human health that is necessary to attack the causes of disease and death, including cancer, circulatory disease, infectious disease of the immune and nervous systems, and the multiple degenerative conditions associated with ageing. This strategy explains what is required for UKCMRI to achieve four key goals:
- Research excellence
- Training and developing future scientific leaders
- Supporting the nation’s biomedical research endeavour
- Fostering Innovation and Translation
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