UK Medical Research Council

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/UK_Medical_Research_Council
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
research
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:MRC
gptkbp:awards gptkb:MRC_Suffrage_Science_Awards
gptkb:MRC_Max_Perutz_Science_Writing_Award
gptkb:MRC_Millennium_Medal
gptkbp:budget over £800 million (2022)
gptkbp:CEO Fiona Watt (as of 2022)
gptkbp:chairman Fiona Watt (as of 2022)
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:European_Parliament
gptkb:World_Health_Organization
gptkb:Wellcome_Trust
gptkb:Cancer_Research_UK
gptkb:National_Institute_for_Health_Research
gptkb:British_Heart_Foundation
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:employs over 1,500 scientists
gptkbp:focus medical research
gptkbp:founded 1913
gptkbp:fundedBy biomedical research
fellowships
grants
public health research
clinical research
PhD studentships
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UK Medical Research Council
gptkbp:legalStatus gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:mission to improve human health through world-class medical research
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Sir_Alexander_Fleming
gptkb:Sir_John_Gurdon
gptkb:Sir_Paul_Nurse
gptkb:Sir_Francis_Crick
Sir Peter Medawar
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:clinical_trial
discovery of penicillin
structure of DNA
development of monoclonal antibodies
gptkbp:operates gptkb:MRC_Centre_for_Global_Infectious_Disease_Analysis
gptkb:MRC_Cognition_and_Brain_Sciences_Unit
gptkb:MRC_Human_Genetics_Unit
gptkb:MRC_London_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences
gptkb:MRC_Unit_The_Gambia
gptkb:MRC_Laboratory_of_Molecular_Biology
gptkb:MRC_Institute_of_Hearing_Research
gptkb:MRC_Uganda_Virus_Research_Institute
gptkb:MRC_Laboratory_for_Molecular_Cell_Biology
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:MRC_Units_and_Institutes
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:UK_Research_and_Innovation
gptkbp:regulates clinical trials
gptkbp:website https://mrc.ukri.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cam-CAN
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7