The Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology, the oldest in Europe, has been a beacon of excellence for teaching and research since it was created in 1905. The fusion of the full breadth of biochemical research with systems-based studies, which encompasses everything from multi-'omics, data analysis and structural biology through to synthetic biology and artificial intelligence, gives our department world-leading attributes.

 

These are enhanced by outstanding research facilities and a strong desire to communicate our findings with the outside world.

Research Centres

 

Both a research hub and Shared Research Facility, CPR develops and applies advanced proteomics technologies to solve problems in biology and medicine.

 

CMR employs state-of-the-art equipment and robust standard operating procedures for human, plants, and microbial studies, to understand systems at cellular, tissue and whole organism levels.

 

The Computational Biology Facility supports data-driven biological and clinical research through new collaborations. We aim to eliminate informatics bottlenecks in omics pipelines, offering solutions from large-scale systems biology investigations to bespoke services.

 

The NMR Centre features an 800 MHz solid-state spectrometer and 600 and 700 MHz solution-state spectrometers, all with cryogenic probeheads and autosample changers. A dedicated computing lab handles data processing and analysis.

 

Europe's first combined crystallography-scattering X-ray facility, boasts a vast network of national and international collaborators. Our programmes have benefited from long-term grant support from BBSRC, MRC, STFC, and biomedical charities like the MND Association and ALSA.

 

An automation, synthetic biology and protein production facility as well as a founder member of the Global Biofoundry Alliance, formed as part of the UK government initiative to strengthen engineering biology capabilities in the country and beyond.