Centres

Bringing together leading academic, clinical and industry expertise, CADDA is a national programme accelerating the development and translation of innovative diagnostics. By connecting researchers, SMEs and healthcare providers, CADDA supports the journey from discovery through to real-world application in human and animal health.

Working closely with key players in the biomanufacturing industry, the COEBP brings together expertise in discovery and protein expression; bioprocessing and chemical engineering; and formulation and delivery that mirrors the commercial pipeline for biological therapeutics and advanced therapy medicinal products.

Future BRH is an EPSRC / BBSRC funded biomanufacturing accelerator that is coordinating UK academic, HVM catapult and industrial capabilities to enable the complete biomanufacturing innovation pipeline. By harnessing the power of biology through innovative industrial biotechnology and UK strengths in biomanufacturing the Hub aims to: drive efficient, sustainable and innovative bio-based manufacturing in key sectors (pharmaceuticals; value-added chemicals; engineering materials; and advanced biofuels); and deliver economic, robust and scalable bioprocesses that meet societal and commercial demand.

IBIC is a consortium of higher education institutions, businesses, and organisations from across the north-west of England focusing on building the industrial biotechnology pipeline from lab to life.

The International Centre for Enzyme Design (ICED), bringing together world leaders in computational protein design, enzyme engineering and industrial biocatalysis, to change the way that industrial biocatalysts are developed in the future. ICED will establish a fully integrated computational and experimental program, integrating the latest deep learning protein design tools with advanced experimental methods for enzyme engineering, to allow the reliable and predictable design of new and improved enzymes with a wide range of useful activities.

The Manchester Biomolecule Engineering Centre (MBEC) is a dedicated training centre for technical training in all aspects of biomolecule engineering. Opportunities are available on a range of technological platforms to ensure all researchers are fully equipped to deliver the UK’s vision of moving towards a more sustainable and circular economy.

This flagship research facility is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in the use and development of mass spectrometry. The Centre possesses 26 mass spectrometry platforms capable of making accurate mass measurements on synthetic molecules, metabolites, carbohydrates lipids, proteins, as well as on intact protein assemblies. The MBCCMS has strong alignment with other MIB Centres, and national / international academic and industrial partnerships. Four strategic research areas are underpinned by data driven analytics, computational methods and chemometrics: Multi-omics LC-MS/MS setups; Protein conformation and dynamics; Technique and instrument development; and Analysis of volatiles.

The National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM) is the first publicly-funded text mining centre in the world. The Centre provides text mining services in response to the requirements of the UK academic community.