Welcome to the PMBRC
The PMBRC is an applied research centre that commenced operations in 2009, consolidating research in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnological sciences at Waterford Institute of Technology into one institutionally prioritised centre. Situated on the main WIT campus in Waterford City, the centre seeks to support R&D activities within the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, thereby stimulating research and innovation and allowing companies to embed R&D directly into their activities.
The centre, one of 15 Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateways, consists of an 800m2 state-of-the-art research facility with over 30 research personnel. A truly multidisciplinary team, researchers at the PMBRC include chemists, biologists, biomedical scientists, physicists and engineers, and the centre has established links with national and international partners in industry, academia and medical care institutions.
Read MoreResearch Areas
Research in the PMBRC focuses on important areas of pharmaceutical and biotechnology development and can be summarised under the following themes:
- Pharmaceutical Analysis, Material Characterisation & Pre-formulation
- Novel Sensing & Process Technologies
- Drug Delivery & Formulation
- Biomedical Research
- Molecular Biotechnology
Industry Collaboration
Collaboration with regional and national industry partners is at the core of PMBRC’s activities. The centre is involved in collaborative projects with industry ranging from large-scale research projects to short term feasibility studies and contract analysis.
The PMBRC has a proven track record in attracting funding from national and international sources.
Read MoreEquipment & Facilities
The following is a list of the main items of equipment within PMBRC:
- Materials Characterisation
- Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry
- Spectroscopy
- Microscopy
- Formulation / Pre-formulation
- Molecular Biotechnology
- Biomedical
- General
- Lithography
- New in Q1 2020
Latest News
PMBRC scoops top R&D prize at Pharmaceutical Industry Awards 2019
The PMBRC were winners of the Research and Development Achievement award at the 2017 Pharma Industry Awards, held in Dublin last Thursday. Since launching in 2014, the Pharma Industry Awards has established itself as the benchmark for excellence for those operating in Ireland’s pharma industry. The Research and Development Achievement award recognises an individual or…
Mark Whelan @Entirl explaining how the @EITechGateway network works with industry @Amplitude_SE https://t.co/CJxOGfkP8T
About to kick off here @PharmaAwardsIRL, looking forward to a good night! https://t.co/nqa7mZRcha
Great to have Manuel Kuhs @Endress_Hauser with us to trial #Raman probe on our spray dryer https://t.co/Xn8uid6GcK
Congrats to our @waterfordit colleague @stemwaterford on her well deserved award last night for her work with @CalmastWIT https://t.co/Xk1Jht3min
Winner of the Businesswoman of the Year Award STEM Category is Sheila Donegan 🏆 Calmast
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Congrats to Mariana Gavendova et al. on their new paper in @chemistryselect @WIT_Research
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