Translational medicine key facts

The universities of Dundee and St Andrews are ranked among the top 10 best international academic institutions for scientists to work in

(Source : The Scientist)

Scotland is a global leader in animal bioscience and has the largest concentration of animal science related expertise anywhere in Europe

Edinburgh BioQuarter, a landmark £600 million life sciences facility, makes Scotland one of the world’s top ten centres for biomedical commercialisation

Scotland is raising its profile in life sciences research − the University of Dundee produces more life sciences citations than Cambridge and Oxford, and is one of the leading scientific workplaces in the world

(Source : The Scientist)

World-leading Roslin Institute is home to 500 top animal research scientists at the forefront of tackling animal health and welfare issues around the globe

In its first two years, the TMRC has funded 65 translational medicine projects

(Source : Translational Medicine Research Initiative (TMRI))

Some of the world’s most prominent cancer studies are conducted at the Cancer Research UK-Beatson Laboratories in Glasgow

Scotland has four university centres of excellence in translational medicine − Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow

Clinical research in translational medicine will have received more than £50 million funding, spread over five years, by 2012

NHS Scotland and our university medical schools are committed to positioning Scotland as ‘single research site’ for translational medicine