Institute of Genetic Medicine
The International Centre for Life, Central Parkway
Newcastle upon Tyne. NE1 3BZ
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Institute presentation
Thanks to a series of major infrastructural awards, from the Wellcome Trust, BBSRC and One NorthEast the stem cell labs are extremely well equipped for carrying out molecular genetics, cell biology and developmental biology research, including seven dedicated stem cell tissue culture laboratories, a stem cell microinjection facility, Sequenom automated genotyping, Roche GSFLX and Solexa high throughput DNA sequencing, Affymetrix microarray-based expression profiling and genotyping, laser microdissection microscopy, optical projection tomography, Zeiss confocal microscopy with Meta upgrade, and the 14 colour FACSAria fluorescence activated cell sorter with18 colour sorting and analysing capacity, two accredited GMP facilities and a bioinformatics suite managed by a Senior Research Fellow in Bioinformatics. IHG hosts 10 other stem cell PIs involved in various aspects of stem cell differentiation ranging from cardiovascular to muscle, corneal, neuronal, neural crest, pancreatic and germ cell differentiation who work very closely with the developmental biologists and clinicians in the IHG as well as other stem cell biologists located within other departments of Newcastle University. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust has demonstrated its exemplary performance in the 2006 NHS ratings, receiving the maximum possible 3* rating, and has been appointed as a Foundation Trust. In the latest RAE, the great majority of the IHG’s research staff were rated was rated as world-class, being scored either as 4* (world-leading) or 3* (internationally excellent).