Welcome

Sheffield’s Institute of Biotechnology, Law and Ethics (SIBLE) is an interdisciplinary institute with an international reputation for research on legal and ethical aspects of biotechnology and the biosciences. SIBLE is a university wide centre with members from law, medicine, biomolecular science, tissue engineering and developmental biology. SIBLE's seminar series and the postgraduate LLM in Biotechnology Law and Ethics programme play a leading role in fostering interdisciplinary reflection and exchange on the interface between law, ethics and the biosciences.

We welcome visiting scholar applications.

News

Professor Plomer’s Lecture on the EU Ban on hESC patents. – podcast available

Professor Plomer in the Guardian Newspaper

Professor Plomer presents research at the University of Oxford

Dr Kuppuswamy presents at the Institute of Advanced Studies/Worldwide Universities Network Symposium on Biocapital and Bioequity

Our Research

Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology, Law and Ethics (SIBLE) has extensive collaborative research links through externally funded projects with bioscientists, bioethicists, lawyers and policy makers from around the world.

Research Themes

• Legal & Ethical Issues in the New Genetics
• Global Governance of Research
• Commercialization of Research in the Biosciences

Research Projects

SIBLE members are involved in many different research projects. In recent years funding has been received from the European Framework programmes, ESRC and Wellcome Trust. Read more

SIBLE Archive

Past Projects

Past Seminars

Past Workshops and Events

Seminars and Events

Fostering collaborative research SIBLE host workshops and events that welcome internationally speakers and policy makers to engage in the research projects that SIBLE are working on.

SIBLE @ Twilight Seminar Series

We have a packed seminar series of high profile speakers that enhance the research activity of the centre. Seminars are free and open to all staff and students.

Seminar Series 2012-2013