MMU Institute for Biomedical Research into Human Movement and Health

Manchester Metropolitan University’s (MMU) Institute for Biomedical Research (IRM) into Human Movement and Health has an international reputation for research ranging from molecular biology to whole body studies of human movement and health. It seeks to integrate knowledge from different disciplines and apply and disseminate that knowledge as it affects health, mobility, and fitness from “the cradle to the grave”, and “in sickness and in health”.

The Institute holds a range of major external grants including awards from the UK Research Councils, The Wellcome Trust, and the EU Framework 7 Research Programme: it has extensive collaborations with other internationally recognised groups both in the UK and abroad.

The IRM is housed in a purpose built Research Institute in the John Dalton Tower in central Manchester, equipped with an impressive range of state-of-the-art equipment ranging, for example, from real-time PCR; DNA sequencing; con-focal microscopy; flow cytometry; and single muscle fibre mechanics; through to whole body MRI, DEXA, PcQT, and 3D Ultrasound scanning; X-ray video fluoroscopy; as well as Delsys EMG systems; VICON and CODA movement analysis systems.

Opportunities exist in the IRM to pursue research leading to PhD, MPhil, and MSc degrees, which are relevant to professional practice in the health and biomedical sciences: including physiotherapy, genetics and cell biology, nutrition, rehabilitation, orthopaedics, gerontology, and bioengineering, as well as the exercise, fitness and sport professions.

IRM also makes a significant contribution to the Professional Doctorate, postgraduate Masters degrees and courses, including research project supervision organised through MMU’s prestigious School of Biology Chemistry and Health Science.

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