Funding towards Tetsuya Nakamura Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM)
The BHF is helping the University of Oxford bring together developmental biology and regenerative medicine in a single institute by contributing £5 million towards a new Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM). The new building, which will cost £35 million, is the first of its kind in Europe. It will enable the University to establish a truly interdisciplinary and internationally competitive research programme in these two disciplines. Around 200 researchers studying the heart, brain and the immune system will work together in this basic science ‘hub’. Internationally renowned experts in congenital disease, regenerative medicine and tissue engineering will together harness common approaches and share technologies to advance their areas of research and translate their findings into the clinic. They will address human diseases affecting different tissues, including the cardiovascular system, such as DiGeorge syndrome and Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy. Scientists in the building will study cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning normal development and what goes wrong in those with birth defects, including congenital heart disease. They will study how normal tissues form and are maintained during pregnancy. They hope this will reveal new regenerative strategies to treat both heart conditions that develop in the embryo and those developing during adulthood. The aim is for the IDRM to become an internationally recognised centre of excellence for developmental biology and regenerative medicine research.
Project details
| Grant amount | £10,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Grant type | Chairs & Programme Grants |
| Application type | Strategic Initiative |
| Start Date | 01 April 2018 |
| Duration | 3 years |
| Reference | SI/15/1/30552 |
| Status | In Progress |
