North England Research Facilities
Research facilities in North England work alongside businesses to develop new products, prototype and test, and speed new ideas to market. These are just some of the centers of excellence found in our region. To learn more, contact us.
The Aerospace Innovation Centre is being developed in North England to foster more collaboration among universities and business to spur new ideas and technologies.
The Centre of Excellence in Biocatalysis, Biotransformations (Bioprocessing) and Biomanufacture (CoEBio3) was formed to create new biocatalyst-based processes to meet the changing needs of the industry over the next 10 to 20 years. CoBio3 will train graduate and postdoctoral scientists in the necessary combination of chemistry, biology and engineering to stay competitive.
Centre of Infectious & Tropical Diseases at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is the oldest tropical school in the world.
Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus is a government-sponsored center for science and innovation that focuses on computational science and engineering, accelerator science and advanced instrumentation. It has the capability to design and manufacture high tech electronic systems for use in stressful environments such as aerospace.
The Joule Centre is an R&D facility that offers the opportunity for collaborative research on new and renewable energy between businesses and academia.
The Partnership For Learning, created by major companies, including Eli Lilly and Chiron Vaccines, develops life sciences and biopharmaceutical courses and provides vocational training in GMP biomanufacturing.
The UK Plastic Electronics Technology Centre (PETeC) provides product design, prototyping and low-volume manufacturing, bridging research and commercialization.
The Manchester Bioscience Incubator and Newcastle Micro Incubator provide state-of-the-art facilities to support life science start-ups.
The Manchester Visualisation Centre provides services and research in high-performance interactive computer graphics, multimedia, image processing and visualization.
National Biomanufacturing Centre is Europe's leading biopharmaceutical design center. It works with biotech companies to develop and manufacture a variety of new biopharmaceutical medicines for early phase clinical trials.
New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) is one of Europe's leading independent facilities for research, testing and prototyping innovative energy technologies. NaREC supports the development of large wind turbine blades, marine renewables, offshore and subsea equipment, micro-renewables and high voltage electrical equipment.
North East Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) is focused on translating research into cost effective treatments for degenerative diseases.
North West Embryonic Stem Cell Centre is one of the few laboratories able to produce embryonic stem cells for human transplantation.
The UK Biobank is the world's largest project of its kind. The Biobank provides access to samples and health information of 500,000 volunteers to study the progression of illnesses.
UK Centre for Tissue Engineering, a joint initiative between Manchester and Liverpool universities, provides an outstanding research resource with a focus in biomaterials, bioengineering, molecular cellular science and medicine.
The UK Stem Cell Bank is the first to provide fully characterized and quality-controlled stem cell lines derived from adult, fetal and embryonic tissue for basic research and clinical applications. North England-based businesses have access to the UK Stem Cell Bank.
The Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility in Manchester is a leader in regenerative medicine clinical trials.
Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre (WMIC) at Manchester University uses multidisciplinary investigation to advance the treatment of cancer and brain disorders with PET-based molecular imaging.
