 University of SheffieldLocation One Kroto Innovation Centre, North Campus, Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ Location Two Sheffield BioIncubator, 40 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield S3 7RD Contact Details Contact: Mark Sanderson, Innovation Centres Manager Tel: 0114 222 4420 Email: mark.sanderson@sheffield.ac.uk Website: www.krotoinnovation.com | www.sheffieldbioincubator.com  The University of Sheffield is one of the top research universities in the UK, with much of its research independently classified as world-leading. The University has a long-standing reputation for sharing its research discoveries and it has provided thousands of local and national organisations with practical solutions to their research and development needs. The University is committed to building strong, mutually beneficial relationships with industry and commerce and offers a range of ways in which to work with it, from large collaborative research projects to tailor-made consultancy solutions. The University of Sheffield has a vast resource of expertise, facilities, and services and by accessing these organisations can improve their productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. As part of this 'Open for Business' focus, the University has developed two Centres to provide high-quality and flexible accommodation for start-ups, early and medium-stage businesses and more recently, corporate labs.Both of the University's Innovation Centres occupy prime locations in the heart of the University of Sheffield precinct on the western edge of Sheffield city centre. Sheffield is the UK's fourth largest city but is still the greenest and safest, and offers an enviable quality of life. Locating or starting up a business at the heart of the University's Campus gives access to a world-class knowledge and asset base. Sheffield Bioincubator The Sheffield Bioincubator is a purpose-built city centre facility and is home to a growing community of early stage Life Science and Biotech start ups and larger companies. The incubator is five minutes' walk from Sheffield's Medical School and is within 2km of three hospitals (including a specialist oncology hospital and the world famous Sheffield Children's Hospital) in the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust. Opened in February 2006, the Bioincubator is a physical focus for Sheffield City Region's burgeoning community of 'bio-entreprenurs' and comprises 1,140 square metres of fully-flexible Class II wet labs, and 700 square metres of contemporary furnished offices. The site includes a cafe, meetings and conference facilities and is close to all the support departments necessary for growing Bioscience businesses. The Bioincubator provides high quality accommodation, services and communal equipment, as well as access to the facilities and expertise in one of the UK's most respected Russell Group Universities. The University of Sheffield has several internationally-recognised and world-leading Bio and medical research centres which include The MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, the Centre for Stem Cell Biology and the Mellanby Centre for Bone Research. The MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics' central purpose is to bring together developmental geneticists with clinician scientists, creating a focus of expertise in the generation of animal models of human disease with the aim of stimulating the translation of findings from model systems to the development of novel therapies and clinical practice. The Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics (CDBG) at the University of Sheffield is internationally-recognised as a leading centre for biomedical research. Originally founded in 1997 as the Centre for Developmental Genetics, the Centre was renamed in 2004 to reflect its growing emphasis on models of human development and disease. The Centre for Stem Cell Biology (CSCB) is recognised internationally as a Centre of Excellence for research on pluripotent stem cells. The research and discoveries of the CSCB are central to the long-term goal of developing clinical applications for pluripotent stem cells in regenerative medicine. The CSCB was the first laboratory to undertake research on human embryonic stem cells in the UK in 1999 and has played a major role in training scientists in this dynamic field. The Centre complements the overall strength in Developmental Biology and Medicine at the University of Sheffield. The Mellanby Research Centre is unique in the UK and one of only a limited number of institutes worldwide, where clinical research interests span skeletal diseases of childhood through to the elderly person, and cover both benign and malignant bone disease. An example their clinical research is metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis, childhood bone diseases (including osteogenesis imperfecta and osteopetrosis), in the tumour-induced bone diseases such as multiple myeloma and metastatic bone disease (breast and prostate bone metastases), and in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The WHO Collaborating centre for Osteoporosis is based at the University of Sheffield and the Bone Biomedical Research Unit in the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust. Kroto Innovation Centre Opened in January 2007, the Kroto Innovation Centre is co-located with the National Centre for III-V Technologies on North Campus, the University of Sheffield's flagship multidisciplinary research Campus. The incubator is also within 5 minutes' walking distance of the University's Faculty of Engineering. In December 2009, the Kroto Centre was extended by an additional 190 square metres to house the new Siemens Wind Power Research Centre. This brings the total space available at the Kroto Innovation Centre to 495 square metres, comprising 86 square metres of flexible general purpose and optical laboratory space and 409 square metres of office space. The University of Sheffield is one of the UK's leading centres for nanoscience research with one third of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 'nano' funding awarded to the University last year. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is the largest Materials Science centre in the UK, and is ranked as 2nd in the Guardian's 2011 league table of Materials Departments. As such the Faculty of Engineering has a wealth of research capabilities across the entire materials field from metallurgy to biomaterials, including the National Centre for III-V Technologies, the Institute for Microstructural and Mechanical Process Engineering (IMMPETUS) and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). The EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologies is internationally known for the production of state-of-the-art semiconductor epitaxy and device fabrication using III-V semiconductors. The centre provides collaborative access to state-of-the-art epitaxial materials and characterisation, advanced technologies for device fabrication, and the provision of custom opto-electronic and electronic devices. The centre has the expertise and capability to grow and fabricates complex device structures in all the commonly used III-V materials systems including nitrides, phosphides, arsenides, and antimonides. IMMPETUS enjoys widespread international acclaim for their unique approach to thermomechanical processing of metals. Initially, the research done within IMMPETUS focused almost entirely on steel, with some aspects of aluminium; now, the major focus of the research institute is:
The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing is a world-leading research centre dedicated to developing innovative technology solutions for advanced materials forming. Based in two purpose-built buildings on the Advanced Manufacturing Park, the AMRC works in collaboration with a wide range of manufacturing businesses, to develop cutting-edge technologies and provide practical solutions to manufacturing problems. The AMRC builds on Sheffield's centuries-long history of metalworking expertise and innovation. Since its earliest days, the University of Sheffield has been a world leader in metallurgy and engineering research, working closely with local industry to develop new manufacturing technologies and techniques. The centre now employs around 120 highly qualified researchers and engineers from around the globe. |
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