INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR LIFE
- TIMES SQUARE
NE1 4EP NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE AND WEAR
Phone: (0191) 243 8210
E-mail: Send messagewww.centre-for-life.co.uk
Short profile:
The Centre for Life is a pioneering science village based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne where scientists, clinicians, educationalists and business people come together to promote advancement of the life sciences.
Life’s mission is to:
Inspire curiosity in science through an imaginative programme of exhibitions and events, to raise standards in science education for young people and to engage everyone in contemporary science issues, such as climate change and stem cell technology
Provide substantial annual funding and state-of-the art facilities on site, so that world class scientific research in medicine can flourish.
Detailed description:
Life is now established as one of the most successful of the country’s 14 landmark Millennium projects. Almost 600 people from 35 countries work here. It is an independent and self-funding charitable trust with a robust business plan that eliminates reliance on public funding for its operating costs.
Partners in the Centre for Life include Newcastle University; the North East England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI); the NHS Newcastle Fertility Centre and the NHS Northern Genetics Service.
Since 2000, teams based at the Centre for Life have earned worldwide headlines for advances in stem cell technology.
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