Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
The £44m state of the art Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) brings together world-leading expertise in brain mapping with the very latest in brain imaging and brain stimulation.
In brief:
- Completed: June 2016
- Cost: £44m
- Architect: IBI Group
- Contractor: BAM Construction
The building, opened by Her Majesty the Queen, is a spacious, collaborative and sustainable environment. The interior focuses on rich materials such as wood, bold colours and geometric shapes to create a professional but relaxed space.
Research facilities include Europe’s most powerful brain scanner, the Siemens 3 Tesla Connectom MRI system, a specially adapted MRI scanner of which there is only one other in the world at Harvard University in the USA.
The building is home to the Clinical Research Facility, a purpose-built environment for patients and volunteers taking part in medical research and clinical trials. It includes a sleep lab and facilities for the study of cerebrovascular physiology.
- 4 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) labs
- 5 brain stimulation labs
- 10 cognitive method labs
The unique depth and breadth of expertise and equipment in CUBRIC allows us to answer a wide range of questions about the brain in health and disease, and facilitates academic and industrial collaborations at both the national and international level.
CUBRIC’s mission is to understand brain and behaviour in health and disease through advanced imaging and cognitive methods.