Core Facilities

The Core Research Facilities provide access to state-of-the art, specialized equipment and related expertise to support the research activities of investigators throughout the Liverpool Cancer Research UK Centre.

Such facilities also enhance the education of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and promote collaborative research among investigators within the institution and with other scientists on national and international levels.

These core research facilities are available to (as appropriate) all staff in the Centre:

- Gene Editing Facility

- Genome wide shRNA Library for functional genomic studies

- Technology:
Liverpool NMR Centre for Structural Biology,
Biomedical Electron Microscopy Unit,
Centre for Cell Imaging,
Functional Proteomics Facility,
Liverpool Microarray Facility

- Medical Statistics, Bioinformatics, and Advanced Genomics Facility.

Find a Researcher

The Centre brings together The University of Liverpool's basic and clinical scientists conducting dynamic interdisciplinary cancer research.

Centre Seminar Series

The Centre's seminars are held every Friday at 1pm in the Cancer Research UK Centre Lecture Theatre. All welcome to attend.

The calendar of events is regularly updated and is available for download.

Forthcoming Guest Speakers

24th FEBRUARY 2012, 1pm
Dr Miguel Martins
University of Leicester, More...

28th FEBRUARY 2012, 5.15pm
Dr Elad Katz
University of Edinburgh, More...

Postgraduate Programme

The University of Liverpool offers one of the best Ph.D. programmes in the U.K., and has been ranked 4th in a study of completion rates for Ph.D. students at universities by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

Liverpool CRUK Centre Clinical Fellowship entry has closed for 2012

Centre Resources

Development Fund.

Core Facilities:

- MISSION whole genome lentiviral shRNA library.

- Technology

- Medical Statistics & Bioinformatics

Donation Station Update

	Managers from local Cancer Research UK shops have been delighted to receive more than 513 bags worth
up to £15,390. Please keep your donations coming in so we can reach our new target of 350 bags. Collection points are in the Centre's foyer, Duncan Building, and DSO office.

Patient and Public Involvement

Many patients and public members work with researcher professionals and clinicians (e.g. doctors, nurses) and get actively involved in the different stages of research and associated activities. Active involvement in clinical research is very different from being a participant in a study. Find out more.