Centre for Life

Centre for Life
Centre for Life
Logo of the Centre for Life
Map
Established2000 (2000)
LocationTimes Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, NE1 4EP
Coordinates54°58′03″N 1°37′14″W / 54.967500°N 1.620556°W / 54.967500; -1.620556
TypeScience museum
Visitors225,000 visitors per year (as of 2010)[1]
Public transit accessRailway, Bus, Metro
Nearest car parkTimes Square Car Park
Websitewww.life.org.uk

The Centre for Life is a science village in Newcastle upon Tyne where scientists, clinicians, educationalists and business people work to promote the advancement of the life sciences. The centre is a registered charity, governed by a board of trustees, which receives no public funding.

History

The centre was opened by the Queen in May 2000.[2] In March 2009 the centre was the main venue for the UK's first Maker Faire,[3] run as part of the Newcastle ScienceFest. The 2010 Newcastle Maker Faire was held at the Centre for Life and the nearby Discovery Museum. Maker Faire UK returned to the Centre for Life in 2013, at which over 300 hackers, crafters, coders, DIYers and inventors presented their projects alongside installations and drop-in workshops,[4] and also in 2016.[5]

Life Science Centre

The northern entrance to the Centre for Life and Times Square.

The Life Science Centre is a visitor attraction at the International Centre for Life. It has a changing programme of events made up of temporary and permanent exhibitions, a Science Theatre, a planetarium.[2]

Exhibitions and activities

The centre provides employment for some 600 people.[2] Partners in the Centre for Life include the NHS and Newcastle University.[6] The Experiment Zone allows visitors to try out laboratory-style experiments such as DNA extraction[7] and the Brain Zone explores how the human brain works.[8] The Wow Zone features several hands on activities, including a 'Big Machine' where guests can catapult plastic pellets up to a height of 6 metres, and a set of seats connected to pulley systems: requiring guests to pull on a wire to send them up a height.[9]

Life Science Centre has hosted major touring exhibitions such as Body Worlds Vital in 2014.[10] In the winter months, Times Square is host to an open-air ice rink.[11]

Medical research

Newcastle Fertility Centre was established in 1991 at the RVI, later moving to the Centre for Life and officially opened by Professor Lord Robert Winston on 22 February 2000.[12] As well as treating infertile couples, it carries out research and development into new fertility treatments.[13]

Scientists based at The Centre for Life were the first people in Europe - and only the second in the world - to get a license for stem cell research on human embryos. The license will allow work on new treatments for conditions including diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[14] In 2005 scientists based at the centre were the first to successfully clone a human embryo.[15]

The NHS Northern Genetics Service is part of the Institute of Genetic Medicine. The main purpose of the Northern Genetics Service is to provide comprehensive and fully integrated clinical and laboratory services to the highest of standards that can help reduce the incidence of illnesses associated with genetic disease.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Centres of Attention: Centre for Life". Wellcome Trust. 12 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b c 2000:centre for life. Evening Chronicle. 23 May 2000. ISBN 9781445647791. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ^ "2009 Maker Faire UK". O'Reilly Media. 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Maker Faire UK". Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Maker Faire UK 2016: Low-tech high-tech futuristic fun for all the family". 30 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Centre Finds Life Is Great". The Evening Chronicle. 23 May 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Experiment Zone". Centre for Life. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Brain Zone". Centre for Life. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Wow Zone". Centre for Life. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  10. ^ Mercedes Broadbent (23 March 2014). "Body Worlds at the Centre for Life in Newcastle: Your guide to the Body Worlds event in May". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Life Science Centre". Newcastle Gateshead. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Overview - The Newcastle Fertility Centre - NHS". NHS. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Newcastle Fertility Centre at Life". Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  14. ^ "Green light for stem cell research". Newcastle University. 12 August 2004. Archived from the original on 11 December 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  15. ^ Rachael Oakden (11 February 2016). "Take the kids to … Life Science Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne | Travel". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Newcastle Hospitals - Northern Genetics Service". Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-02.

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