Paterson Institute for Cancer Research SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2005

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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR -
ADMINISTRATION
Pippa McNichol
Administrative Services
http://www.paterson.man.ac.uk/facilities/adminfacs.jsp
Administrative services provide the foundation upon which
the Paterson Institute runs. It has been an exceptionally busy
year for the team, as they have been responsible for undertaking
the bulk of the work for the Institute’s merger with
the University of Manchester as well as contributing to
Cancer Research UK’s National Pay & Grading Project. This
year, the Institute participated in an employment project for
the long-term unemployed and those excluded from society
(established by Stockport Job Centre, on behalf of all the Job
Centres in Greater Manchester).To date, two staff have been
successfully employed via this scheme.
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Admin & Reception Services
Manager: Julie Hallett (on maternity leave)
Sharon Barnes, Trevor Haughton, Shirley Leonard
(Acting Manager)
Shirley Leonard, PA to the Associate Director –
Administration, has also been covering the Admin
Manager’s post, whilst Julie Hallett has been on
maternity leave. Sharon Barnes joined the team to
provide additional temporary cover and has settled
in well. The team contributed to the production of
this year’s Colloquium booklet and assisted in its
organisation.
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Director’s Office
Director’s PA: Elaine Mercer
The newsletter continues to be undertaken by the
office with a great deal of help from the Newsletter
Editorial Board and the IT department. It has gone
from strength to strength, with staff throughout the
Institute contributing from both a scientific and
social viewpoint. Printing is now done externally,
resulting in a sleek and professional looking
newsletter which is distributed not only internally,
but also to colleagues at other
Institutes/Universities and fund-raising bodies.
The Paterson Seminar Series has been reactivated
DEPUTY
Margaret Lowe
and is now centralised through the office, with eminent
speakers being invited from all over the world.
Planning and correspondence is currently ongoing
(in conjunction with Group Leaders) to ensure a
full programme of exciting seminars is in place for
the beginning of 2006.
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Estates & Facilities
Manager: Steve Alcock
John Lord, Dennis O’Shea
It has been a demanding year for the Estates
department with the majority of time devoted to
capital schemes within the institute: the
Translational Research Facility is ongoing and
should be completed by Autumn 2006; the refurbishment
of the Molecular Biology lab on the 2nd
floor will be ready for occupancy in December 2005
and the new X-ray room in the basement has just
been completed. There have been several engineering
projects carried out which will be of benefit to
the Institute.
The team has been pro-active throughout the year
which has resulted in a reduction in the number of
faults reported.
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Finance & Purchasing
Manager: Margaret Lowe
Yana Anderton, Catherine Bentley, Liz Fletcher,
Denise Owen, Debbie Suthern
The Finance and Purchasing team have continued
to provide a comprehensive service to the Institute
during 2005. Kate McCoy retired at the end of
March and the decision was taken to leave the post
vacant until the merger with the University was
completed. The aim is to be able to incorporate the
University systems into the Institute without any
disruption to the service given to the groups and
service units. The impending merger has involved
input from the team in various information
gathering exercises.
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