UCL Wolfson Institute

UCL Portico
The Cruciform Building

The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research at UCL is an academic department of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of University College London located in London, United Kingdom. The Institute is situated in the Cruciform Building, formerly the main building of University College Hospital, in the Bloomsbury district of Central London.[1]

Originally named the Cruciform Project, its aim is to facilitate the interface between fundamental biological research and its application both to the discovery of new medicines and to clinical practice. The Institute now comprises more than 200 scientists, many of whom are of international standing.[2]

  1. ^ "Divisions and Institutes". Archived from the original on 12 November 2008.
  2. ^ Salvador Moncada. "Introduction".