Talk:National Institute for Medical Research

School Project
I have a question for a project im doing for school. What are some job responsibilities a Medical Researcher does?
 * Well, like many careers, depending on what stage or level you are at, you will have different roles and responsibilities. The three major classes are:


 * Research technician. This person will typically have a BSc degree and their job may be to run specific experiments under the direction of more senior colleagues, which they will write up in a lab book. They may also be involved in managing the practical aspects of the lab (ordering material and equipment) and looking after the needs of animal models.
 * Postdoctoral fellow (post-doc). This person will have a PhD and will usually be responsible for thinking up a research project which they will manage. Day to day they will manage devise and manage experiments (often managing research technicians to help them) to test a hypothesis, they will read a lot of the scientific literature to learn more about their project, they will occasionally attend conferences and meeting to present their work and discuss it with other scientists. It is their job also to publish papers based on the results of their work and occasionaly write project proposals to obtain money for personal fellowships. They may also be involved in supervising PhD student's experiments.
 * Principle Investigator (PI). This person (often called a Professor in the USA, but only more senior ones are called that in the UK) manages the other two types of scientist and co-ordinates the entire laboratory into a cohesive unit. Their interests that dictates the overall research goals of the entire laboratory, so that the different postdoctoral fellows, students and technicians may all being doing different things, but that the overall findings from the different projects can be put together to answer a larger biomedical problem or question. While some PIs will still do experiments many take on a more managerial role, meeting with and supervising the post-docs, providing experience and mentorship. They are also responsible for attracting money to fund their labs research, writing for grants and balancing their lab budget. This takes up quite a lot of their time. They also tend to travel quite a bit, meeting with other PIs, presenting their work, generating ideas and building collaborations which they will bring back to their labs. PIs are responsible for training postgraduate students and will often lecture undergraduates also. PIs are also responsible for writing research papers (usually with a Post-doc) and review articles. They also act a peer reviewers for academic journals, reading the work of other scientists and providing criticial analysis on whether they work is scientifically rigorous and pertinent.
 * Hope that helps, to be more specific would depend on which type of medical researcher you are talking about (as there are plenty of sub-fields that do slightly different things). See Biomedical scientist for more information. Rockpock  e  t  23:02, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Current Photo
The current photo really doesnt do the institute justice, I'll take one on the way in on Monday and upload it :) - Dakoman (talk) 15:13, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Er, what's wrong with it? And where's yours? best, Sunil060902 (talk) 10:48, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I think that It should be taken from the front of the institute (i.e. from where the bus stop is) so you can see the entrance. I've been off ill this and last week, I'll do my best tomorrow! Dakoman (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:26, 1 October 2008 (UTC).
 * But then the tree will be in the way (you can see the entrance in my view in any case)! And don't forget that the copper roof is one of the stand-out features! best, Sunil060902 (talk) 12:16, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, It was harder than I thought! I Got [[Media:NIMR1.jpg|this photo]] quickly (havent had a chance to edit it yet) before the bus came. I'm thinking of standing inside the barriers at the front and making a panorama so I get the full front of the building. Dakoman (talk) 22:33, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Size of vivisection protests
Highly specific but completely unsourced claims are made, dismissing the importance of opposition to on-site vivisection, in an apparent case of pro-vivisection propaganda by anthropocentrists. Add your citations or it will be deleted per policy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Silent Key (talk • contribs) 05:56, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Well I work there, and I can tell you sometimes only or two people attend. best, 194.80.106.135 (talk) 15:12, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Change page name?
Are there any objections to changing the name of this page to 'MRC National Institute for Medical Research'? As the page states, the Institute is most commonly known as NIMR, however it's official name is 'MRC National Institute for Medical Research'. Scooby snak (talk) 13:33, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

MRC institute designation
Add text to state that, though the NIMR is the only institute designated as a MRC institute, it shares institute status with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre. --Sjanusz (talk) 14:16, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

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