Facilities & Support
Facilities & Support
Core Facilities
The core facilities span the traditional areas of Molecular Biology, Histology, Imaging, Flow Cytometry, Mass Spectrometry and in vivo technologies, however new services are frequently delivered as a result of collaboration between facilities to provide seamless workflows that span across these traditionally separate disciplines.
The rapidly evolving field of spatial genomics is a good example of this where collaboration between Molecular Biology Core, Histology, Visualisation, Irradiation & Analysis (VIA) and Scientific Computing has enabled development of new workflows. Scientific Computing has also worked with the Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility and Computational Biology to develop workflows based on High Performance virtualisation infrastructure, leading to some exciting new opportunities for mass spectrometry data analysis.
As technologies have evolved over the last few years, this close interaction between the traditional core facility areas has become vital and together they provide seamless end to end support for novel technology applications.
Support across the research lifecycle
At the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, our goal is to provide all the necessary services and structures to support high-quality research. Alongside our exceptional Core Facilities, researchers are supported by dedicated teams and individuals covering areas including Human Resources, Health and Safety, Wellbeing, Data Protection, Grant Writing, Research Integrity and more.
Click below for more information on each team and how they support research teams across the Institute.

Finance
Our Finance team offer support with billing, payments, purchasing and more
Grant Support
Find out more about the role of our Grants Advisor & Scientific Operations Officer Gillian Campbell

Human Resources
HR manage advertising and recruitment, interviewing and contracts, as well as offering Wellbeing Support and managing our EDI plans
Operational Support
Including Data Protection, Research Integrity Training, Pre-Submission manuscript reviews, Administrative support and more
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Our vision for world leading cancer research in the heart of Manchester
We are a leading cancer research institute within The University of Manchester, spanning the whole spectrum of cancer research – from investigating the molecular and cellular basis of cancer, to translational research and the development of therapeutics.
Our collaborations
Bringing together internationally renowned scientists and clinicians
Scientific Advisory Board
Supported by an international Scientific Advisory Board
Careers that have a lasting impact on cancer research and patient care
We are always on the lookout for talented and motivated people to join us. Whether your background is in biological or chemical sciences, mathematics or finance, computer science or logistics, use the links below to see roles across the Institute in our core facilities, operations teams, research groups, and studentships within our exceptional graduate programme.