State-of-the-art facilities
The facility incorporates a range of cutting edge technical capabilities including:
Derriford Research Facility
Discover our life-changing medical research facility
From brain tumours to vaccines, tissue regeneration to new cancer drugs, our state-of-the-art centre brings together all of the University’s lab-based research to focus on the development of new therapeutics, diagnostics, interventions and approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases, enhance patient outcomes and improve global healthcare.
Located adjacent to the University’s Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry at Plymouth Science Park, and next to Derriford Hospital, the facility allows greater collaboration between medical, dental and biomedical researchers at the university, as well as with research clinicians from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.
Derriford Research Facility demonstrates our commitment to inspiring our students, to supporting our brilliant staff, to attracting new talent, and together, to finding the solutions to some of the biggest medical challenges in the world.
Professor Hisham Khalil
Professor of ENT Surgery and Clinical Education
World-class research
From brain tumours to vaccines, tissue regeneration to hepatitis, antibiotic resistance to innovative cancer drugs, research at the Derriford Research Facility focuses on the development of new therapeutics, diagnostics, interventions and approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat devastating diseases, enhance patient outcomes and improve global healthcare.
Research into cancer, clinical neuroscience and infection, immunity, inflammation, is facilitated by cross-cutting expertise in diagnostics, clinical trials and public health research.
Genomics, proteomics, Next Generation Sequencing, quantitative mass spectrometry
HPLC/LCMS analytical services
Microarray platform technology
Level two and three containment facilities
Cell/tissue culture and analysis facilities
Flow cytometry/FACS suite
Extracellular flux analysis
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
Biobanks/tissue banks
Support our medical research
The pandemic, an ageing population and a rise in chronic conditions mean that our health and care systems in the UK and worldwide are facing the biggest challenge of our lifetime. At the University of Plymouth, our teams take advantage of our co-location and partnership with the University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.
General enquiries email: PIHRSupport@plymouth.ac.uk
Postgraduate research enquiries via email: doctoralcollege@plymouth.ac.uk
IP, tech transfer and commercial enquiries: Dr David Mozley (IP Specialist Adviser).
Derriford Research Facility is located on the North campus, four miles north of the main campus at Plymouth Science Park.
Address:
Plymouth Science Park
1 Davy Road
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 8BX
Plymouth Science Park
1 Davy Road
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 8BX