L-R Professor Chris Higgins (Durham University) & Professor Chris Brink (Newcastle University)
University partnership spreads benefits across the North. A ground-breaking partnership between two of the country's top universities is helping to attract significant funding for scientific work in the North. The Angel Alliance of Durham and Newcastle universities, established in 2008, has helped secure major grants from Government and a number of national research centres to further important work in a range of scientific disciplines. The partnership has already secured funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to explore a range of projects including: tackling bacterial infections on medical devices, understanding the reasons for artificial knee joint failures and exploring a new approach to leukaemia drug delivery. In addition, the Angel Alliance has also secured a £2.2m grant from Cancer Research UK and a number of other medical research councils to develop imaging biomarkers for targeted cancer therapy. Durham and Newcastle universities are part of the N8 Research Partnership of the North's leading universities. Professor Chris Brink, Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University, explained: "Individually, Newcastle and Durham universities have complementary research strengths which we have been able to build on through the Angel Alliance in order to leverage significant additional resources to the region.
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