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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 partnered with 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

The LMS carries out discovery science. Its research aims to understand the fundamental mechanisms that underpin health and disease. Its The three main areas of research focus at the LMS are 1. Genes and the Environment 2. Sex Differences and 3. Cell identity across the lifecourse. [3]

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. [4] [5] In August 2018 contractors were invited to bid for the construction of the building. [6] 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. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "London Institute of Medical Sciences". Medical Research Council Institutes. January 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London". Institute of Clinical Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "LMS research strategy". MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Hawkins\Brown". Hawkins\Brown wins £50m London Institute of Medical Sciences job. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Buro Happold Projects " London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS)". Buro Happold. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "£55m London Institute of Medical Sciences contract out to tender". The Construction Index. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Imperial Hammersmith Hospital Campus". Hammersmith Hospital Campus. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

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