Formed in 2002, the London Research Institute is based over 2 sites, and consists of 44 research groups, with 13 core technology facilities supporting the science.
Lincoln's Inn Fields Site
The Lincoln's Inn Fields laboratories are located in a 10-storey research facility in central London. Situated just north of the Thames at the western edge of the old City of London, the laboratories' neighbours include the London School of Economics, the Law Courts and Covent Garden.
Research here has signal transduction as an underlying theme, and focuses on a number of different model systems and processes. The laboratories also house a number of the Institute's specialist support services including Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACS), bioinformatics, electron and light microscopy, peptide synthesis, DNA sequence analysis and histopathology. The comprehensive library houses a substantial portfolio of research journals in both paper and electronic formats. A lively programme of seminars by Institute staff is complemented by guest seminars from eminent local and international speakers.
The laboratories are associated with a number of major scientific discoveries, including the discovery of the p53 gene, the link between growth factors and oncogenes; the identification of mammalian homologues of the cell cycle regulator cdc2; and the identification of the sex-determining gene SRY.
In 1975 Dr Renato Dulbecco, then Deputy Research Director of the Laboratories shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on the interactions between DNA tumour viruses and cells. In 2001, the Nobel Committee again honoured the Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories with the award of a share of the Prize to Dr Paul Nurse, then Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK and a group leader at the Lincoln's Inn Fields laboratories for his work on the cell cycle.
Directions to Lincoln's Inn Fields laboratories
Postal address:
Cancer Research UK London Research Institute
Lincoln's Inn Fields
44 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3LY
United Kingdom
For directions to Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, click the appropriate link below.
By Public Transport
From Heathrow:
The Heathrow Express takes 15 mins to reach Paddington Station (see directions from Paddington Station below). Alternatively, you can get on the London Underground at Heathrow Airport, taking the Piccadilly Line directly to Holborn (approx. journey time 1hr).
From Gatwick:
The Gatwick Express train takes 30 mins to reach Victoria station (see directions from Victoria Station below).
From Stansted:
The Stansted Express train takes 40 mins to Liverpool Street Station. Change and take the London Underground westbound Central Line train to Holborn.
From Waterloo Station:
5-10mins: Take the London Underground northbound Northern Line and change at Leicester Square taking the northbound Piccadilly Line to Holborn.
From Paddington Station:
15 mins: Take the London Underground southbound Bakerloo Line and change at Oxford Circus taking the eastbound Central Line to Holborn.
From King's Cross St Pancras Station:
5-10 mins: Take the London Underground southbound Piccadilly Line to Holborn.
From Victoria Station:
20 mins: Take the London Underground northbound Victoria Line and change at Oxford Circus taking the Central Line to Holborn.
From Holborn Underground Station:
Turn left out of the station on to Kingsway, continue down the left hand side of this street for about five minutes until you reach Sardinia Street.
Turn left into Sardinia Street to enter Lincoln's Inn Fields. The large red-brick and glass building you can see on the south side of the square is the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute.
By Road
From North London:
From Euston Road (A501) turn south into Upper Woburn Place. Follow the road past Russell Square (on the right) and proceed straight ahead over two crossroads with traffic lights.
Get into the left-hand lane before the third set of traffic lights at a crossroads, then take the first left into Remnant Street. Drive straight on and follow the road around Lincoln's Inn Fields square (one way), taking two right turns.
The Institute is a large red brick building, on the south side of the square.
From South London:
Come across Waterloo Bridge and get into the right hand lane to go under the Strand underpass.
When you emerge stay in the right hand lane until you reach a set of traffic lights at a crossroads. Turn right at these lights into Remnant Street. Drive straight on and follow the road around Lincoln's Inn Fields square (one way), taking two right turns.
The Institute is a large red brick building is on the south side of the square.
