Centres and institutes

The Faculty of Life Sciences supports a number of internationally renowned research centres and institutes. Receiving significant long-term funding these centres of excellence form a focus for intra- and inter-university collaborative research.

Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research

The Wellcome Trust Centre For Cell-Matrix Research

Developing strategies to regulate adhesion, correct ECM defects, and repair dysfunctional tissues.

Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

An international centre for the integrated historical study of science, technology and medicine.

The North West Embryonic Stem Cell Centre

The North West Embryonic Stem Cell Centre

A centre of excellence in human embryology and embryonic stem cell biology.

KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology

KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology

Concentrating on the biomedical and forensic aspects of Egyptology.

The Healing Foundation Centre

The Healing Foundation Centre

A pioneering initiative to advance the understanding of wound healing and tissue regeneration.
Centre of Excellence in Biopharmaceuticals

Centre of Excellence in Biopharmaceuticals

Accelerating the development and certainty in the production, harvest and utilisation of biopharmaceuticals.

Centre for Integrative Mammalian Biology

Centre for Integrative Mammalian Biology

Delivering education, training and alliances in in vivo research to the highest scientific and ethical standards.

Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

The MIB promotes interdisciplinary, challenge-oriented bioscience and biotechnology at the highest international level.

Centre of Excellence in Biopharmaceuticals

Manchester Centre for Biophysics and Catalysis

A platform technology centre integrating biophysical, structural, and computational methods to address problems in catalysis and the dynamics of macromolecules.

Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (iSEI)

Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (iSEI)

The Institute aims to analyse the process behind new scientific and technological developments and the scope and limitations of its regulation. It will explore the moral imperatives and public interest that underpins the theory and practice of science.

The Centre for the Genetics of Ecosystem Services (CenGESS)

The Centre for the Genetics of Ecosystem Services (CenGESS)

Managing and quantifying ecosystem services; how genetic diversity shapes large-scale processes.

Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR)

Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR)

The MCCIR aims, with assistance from our industrial partners, to be at the cutting edge of basic and translational research into inflammatory diseases.