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The Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) (formerly MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, and then the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences) is a biomedical research institute based in West London, UK. Research at the institute focuses on the understanding of the molecular and physiological basis of health and disease. The LMS was established in 1994 and receives core funding from the Medical Research Council like the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge University. The institute is hosted by Imperial College London at the Hammersmith Hospital., [1] [2] and is part of the Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS), a department in the Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine. It was led by Amanda Fisher from 2008-2021. In January 2023 the leadership was taken up by new director Wiebke Arlt.

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Research

There are three research sections at the LMS: Epigenetics, Genes and Metabolism and Quantitative Biology. [3] Strengths in these areas provide opportunities for scientific discovery with an application to healthcare.

The institute's core research is funded by the Medical Research Council but researchers also receive funding from other sources, such as the European Research Council. In 2018 Professor Irene Miguel-Aliaga was awarded an ERC Advanced grant for her research on Sex differences in intestinal plasticity. [4]

Building

The LMS is based across a number of buildings at the Hammersmith Hospital campus in West London, UK. In 2017 a design team were appointed composed of Hawkins\Brown, Buro Happold and Abell Nepp to develop a new home for the Laboratory of Medical Sciences. [5] [6] In August 2018 contractors were invited to bid for the construction of the building. [7] In November a planning application was submitted to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The new building will be based at the Hammersmith Hospital campus on the former cyclotron site, which was decommissioned and demolished in 2014. [8]

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  2. ↑ "Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London". Institute of Clinical Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences". London Institute of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Successful ERC Advanced grants- Life Sciences 2017" (PDF). European Research Council. ERC. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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