UCL Wolfson Institute

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The Cruciform Building

The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research at UCL is an academic department of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of University College London located in London, United Kingdom. The Institute is situated in the Cruciform Building, formerly the main building of University College Hospital, in the Bloomsbury district of Central London.^[1]

Originally named the Cruciform Project, its aim is to facilitate the interface between fundamental biological research and its application both to the discovery of new medicines and to clinical practice. The Institute now comprises more than 200 scientists, many of whom are of international standing.^[2]

History

WIBR was established in 1995 as an Institute within UCL based in the Cruciform building, which underwent a £50 million renovation in order to create a modern infrastructure. Substantial grants to carry out the work were obtained from a number of funding bodies, notably The Wellcome Trust, the Higher Education Funding Council for England and The Wolfson Foundation and Charitable Family Trust.^[3]

The Institute Director was Prof. Salvador Moncada from 1995 - 2012.^[4] The current Institute Director is Prof. William D. Richardson.^[5]

Research

Research areas of the Institute include:

Biological and medicinal chemistry
Cardiovascular research
Developmental neuroscience
DNA replication and human disease
Intensive care medicine
Molecular mechanisms of cancer
Nitric oxide: physiology and pathophysiology
Neuroscience: neural computation, neural signalling, neural plasticity, neurodegeneration and neurochemistry
Oncogenic receptor signalling
Stem cell biology

In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise the 75% of the Institute's research was rated 4* (world leading) or 3* (internationally excellent).^[6]

Education

The Institute provides only postgraduate education. Three- and four-year PhD programmes are available for twenty to thirty students per year.^[7] Since 2010 also a MSc in Drug Design is offered to life science graduates in biological sciences, chemical sciences and pharmacy.^[8]

References

External links

University College London

Academics

Faculties, schools & groupings	Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Slade School of Fine Art) Faculty of Brain Sciences Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Faculty of the Built Environment (The Bartlett) Faculty of Engineering Sciences School of Energy and Resources School of Management Faculty of Laws Faculty of Life Sciences School of Pharmacy Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty of Medical Sciences Medical School Faculty of Population Health Sciences Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences School of Slavonic and East European Studies Institute of Education Neuroscience

Centres & departments	Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Centre for Digital Humanities Centre for the History of Medicine Centre for Neuroimaging The Constitution Unit Department of Information Studies Department of Science and Technology Studies Department of Space and Climate Physics EPPI-Centre London Centre for Nanotechnology London Knowledge Lab Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art Thomas Young Centre Urban Laboratory

Institutes & laboratories	Ear Institute Eastman Dental Institute Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Institute of Archaeology Institute for Global Health Institute of Jewish Studies Institute of Neurology Institute of Ophthalmology Institute of Security and Crime Science Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory

Other	Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology Grote Chair of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic Pender Chair Papers from the Institute of Archaeology Public Archaeology Quain Professor Slade Professor of Fine Art UCL Jurisprudence Review Transcribe Bentham

University

Campus	Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Theatre Church of Christ the King Euston Road Gordon Square Gower Street Gray's Inn Road Halls of residence Holmbury St Mary Main Building Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Queen Square Somers Town Tavistock Square Tottenham Court Road University of London Observatory Woburn Square

People	Academics List of notable people List of Nobel laureates Jeremy Bentham Michael Arthur (Provost)

Student life	UCL Boat Club The Cheese Grater Law Society University College Opera Pi Magazine Rare FM Royal Free and University College Medical School Boat Club Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students RFC UCL Union Student Central

Other	Citrus Saturday UCL Business Filming at UCL History Rivalry with King's College London Third-oldest university in England

Affiliates

Medical	Francis Crick Institute Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Great Ormond Street Hospital Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Moorfields Eye Hospital Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust The Royal Free Hospital Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Centre UCL Partners University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Eastman Dental Hospital Hospital for Tropical Diseases National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre University College Hospital University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street Whittington Hospital

Other	Alan Turing Institute Anna Freud Centre Association of Commonwealth Universities European Network for Training Economic Research G5 Golden triangle Institute of Advanced Legal Studies League of European Research Universities Russell Group SES-5 Thomas Young Centre UCL Academy University College School University of London Yale UCL Collaborative

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