NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Genomic and proteomic technologies will play a role in a new University of Manchester institute that aims to promote interdisciplinary research.
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The Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocenter will eventually oversee research projects from 80 sub-disciplines and house as many as 600 scientists.
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The center said programs in biomolecular structure and dynamics and on technology and instrument development will focus on genomics and proteomics.
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The Biocenter said it plans to perform research in mass spectrometry and its applications, such as metabolomics and secondary ion mass spectrometry. It has purchased a broad range of hardware for mass spec, SIMS, fluorescence spectroscopy, and single molecule technology.
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The director of MIB said the goal is to “develop the systems that will allow us to understand how every gene in an organism works and reacts. … "