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Sir Paul Nurse to lead UKCMRI
15 July 2010
UKCMRI has been founded by four of the UK's largest and most successful scientific and academic institutions: the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust and University College London. It will carry out research of the highest quality using the latest technology to advance understanding of human health and disease. The project represents a substantial investment from charity and public funders in the future growth of one of the UK's leading sectors. UKCMRI will initially build on the complementary skills and research interests of the MRC National Institute for Medical Research and the CRUK London Research Institute together with scientists from University College London focusing on physics, computing, engineering, imaging and chemistry.
For the past two years, Sir Paul Nurse has been chairing the UKCMRI Scientific Planning Committee, which has been advising on the Centre’s development. He will take up his post on 1 January 2011.
I am honoured to have the opportunity to head UKCMRI as it takes shape as one of the foremost biomedical research institutes in the world. This is a time of extraordinary opportunity in our quest to understand the causes of health and disease. UKCMRI will have a key role in developing our understanding and ability to tackle many of the most significant diseases that affect people and their families.
Paul Nurse, Chairman of the Scientific Planning Committee, and UKCMRI CEO designate
A Nobel Prize-winning biologist, Sir Paul has been elected the next President of the Royal Society. He is currently President of the Rockefeller University, New York, which he joined in 2003. Before moving to the USA, Sir Paul spent more than three decades working in the UK, where he was born. He was Director General of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and played a major role in its merger with the Cancer Research Campaign, forming Cancer Research UK - which he went on to lead as Chief Executive.
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