The Johnston Laboratories at the
University of Liverpool
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in
Liverpool
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,
England
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, performed a variety of pathology and medical research during the 20th century. They are now located in the Johnston Building. The Laboratories were founded by early University benefactor and ship owner
William Johnston and formally opened on 9 May
1903. Research activities of the Laboratories were documented in the ''
Thompson Yates and Johnston Laboratories Report'' by the
University of Liverpool Press. During the
1900s and
1910s
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the
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine was partly housed in the laboratories.
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Original facilities
Laboratory of Bio-Chemistry
Laboratories of Experimental Medicine and Cancer Research
Laboratories of Tropical Medicine
Laboratories of Comparative Pathology
Machine Room
References
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University of Liverpool
Laboratories in the United Kingdom
Biochemistry research institutes
Clinical pathology