Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre
# Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre

Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre (DMMC) was a charity set up in 2002, to create critical mass in molecular medicine research in Dublin, Ireland. Funding was provided by the Higher Education Authority.

## Resources

The academic resources supporting the teaching hospitals include:

* UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research which is organised into 3 interactive multi-disciplinary centres : synthesis and chemical biology; integrative biology and molecular medicine.
* RCSI Research Institute whose portfolio included cellular neuroscience, molecular research, advanced drug delivery, proteomics and pharmacy.
* TCD Institute of Molecular Medicine focuses on cancer (prostate, haematological, esophageal, cervical, thoracic), infection and immunity (tuberculosis); genomic research into inflammatory disease, molecular histopathology, cell signalling, neuropsychiatric genetics and nutrigenomics.

## New Clinical Research Centre

DMMC secured funding from the Wellcome Trust for a major clinical research centre to be led by Professor Dermot P. Kelleher for Dublin comprising two elements:

* A new research centre at St. James's Hospital, Dublin.
* A network of new clinical research facilities linking the proposed new centre to existing centres at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, St. Vincent’s University Hospital Dublin and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

## Successor

Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre evolved to become Molecular Medicine Ireland which was established in 2008.

