Overview
The School of Basic and Medical Biosciences brings together five internationally renowned research departments; Centre for Human and Applied Physiology (CHAPS), Centre for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM), Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (MMG), Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics (Randall), St Johns Institute of Dermatology (St Johns).Based at Guys and Denmark Hill campuses with over 450 staff, we educate and train the next generation of researchers, clinicians, and healthcare professionals.
Our research investigates human health at all resolutions, from the molecular mechanisms underlying disease to clinical trials and medical applications.
- REF2014: Overall, CHAPS ranked 6th; Genetics (comprising CSCRM, MMG and St Johns) ranked 1st for Clinical Medicine; Randall ranked 10th
- Research income: £15 m per year.
- Current number of academic staff: 67 principal investigators, 56 PhD supervisors.
- Current number of graduate research students: 163
- Current number of graduate research assistants: 175
Recent publications include:
- Agedâ€senescent cells contribute to impaired heart regeneration
- Identifying extrinsic versus intrinsic drivers of variation in cell behavior in human iPSC lines from healthy donors
- Genetic fine mapping of systemic lupus erythematosus MHC associations in Europeans and African Americans
- Myogenin promotes myocyte fusion to balance fibre number and size
- Genome-wide association study in frontal fibrosing alopecia identifies four susceptibility loci including HLA-B*07:02
Current research projects:
Details of current research projects can be found via: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/bmb/research-impact/research-impact
Partner organisations
- Francis Crick Institute
- Guys and St. Thomas Trust NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre
- BHF Centre of Research Excellence
- School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Dimbleby Cancer Care
- School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences
- Nikon
