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21/04/2004
University opens new £8m Nanotechnology Institute
The University today opened a new Nanotechnology Research Institute at its Jordanstown campus to the cost of £8 million.
The research institute is expected to position Northern Ireland at the forefront of nanotechnology research in the UK, and will be a catalyst for the future growth in the bio technology, medical devices and textile industrial sectors.
The formal opening ceremony was performed by Nobel Laureate Professor Ivar Giaever, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973.
Funded by investment from EU, research councils, HEFCE, industry and Invest Northern Ireland, the new facility will focus on research into bio-sensing; tissue-engineering; drug delivery; surface science; nanotubes; plasma technology; nano-scale patterning; and nano-scale manipulation.
Director of the Institute, Professor Jim McLaughlin,said: “This new research centre will build on our existing nanotechnology research partnerships. It’s recognition of the reputation for innovation and excellence we’ve built up here at the University of Ulster over the past decade.
"Uniquely in the UK or Ireland, we’re bringing life sciences and cell biology under the same roof as nanotechnology – and that kind of structural integration and cross-fertilisation of ideas will be invaluable in the development of new process and technologies in the future.
Already, said Professor McLaughlin, new spin-out ventures are being developed in the areas of new biological sensors, nano-scale coatings and nano-fabricated drug delivery.
(MB)
The research institute is expected to position Northern Ireland at the forefront of nanotechnology research in the UK, and will be a catalyst for the future growth in the bio technology, medical devices and textile industrial sectors.
The formal opening ceremony was performed by Nobel Laureate Professor Ivar Giaever, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973.
Funded by investment from EU, research councils, HEFCE, industry and Invest Northern Ireland, the new facility will focus on research into bio-sensing; tissue-engineering; drug delivery; surface science; nanotubes; plasma technology; nano-scale patterning; and nano-scale manipulation.
Director of the Institute, Professor Jim McLaughlin,said: “This new research centre will build on our existing nanotechnology research partnerships. It’s recognition of the reputation for innovation and excellence we’ve built up here at the University of Ulster over the past decade.
"Uniquely in the UK or Ireland, we’re bringing life sciences and cell biology under the same roof as nanotechnology – and that kind of structural integration and cross-fertilisation of ideas will be invaluable in the development of new process and technologies in the future.
Already, said Professor McLaughlin, new spin-out ventures are being developed in the areas of new biological sensors, nano-scale coatings and nano-fabricated drug delivery.
(MB)
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