Biomolecular and Biomedical Research Centre

The Biomolecular and Biomedical Research Centre (BioReC) has 62 affiliated staff (including seven professors and three readers) spread over three departments: 

•  Biomedical Sciences
•  Chemical and Forensic Sciences
•  Biology, Food and Nutritional Sciences

The research activities of BioReC fall under three groups:

•  Cellular and Molecular Sciences
•  Food and Nutrition
•  Chemistry

The research centre is housed in Northumbria City Campus, Ellison Building, and consists of newly refurbished (SRIF-funded) laboratories and scientific equipment.  It is a multi-disciplinary group that provides support for teaching, research and consultancy activities, e.g. in chemistry, cell biology, food and nutrition,  health, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology and proteomics.  

BioReC is linked with the Food and Nutrition Network, a commercial spin-off innovation company, Quantum Genetics, innovation unit Nzomics, and the enterprise unit Nutrition at Work.  BioReC also has several established links with UK and international companies.

In the recent research output evaluation, 20% of BioReC publications were scored as 4*.