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Welcome to the Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics

Sheffield’s Institute of Biotechnological, 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 MABLE programme play a leading role in fostering interdisciplinary reflection and exchange on the interface between law, ethics and the biosciences.

SIBLE has extensive collaborative research links through externally funded projects with bioscientists, bioethicists, lawyers and policy makers from around the world.

Research Themes


SIBLE members are actively involved in research concerning the ethical and legal issues raised by new developments in the biosciences. The spectrum of research undertaken stretches from theoretical, international comparative research to applied, interdisciplinary research on cutting-edge issues in the discovery chain, from new genetics to confidentiality, ethics governance and the commercialisation of research.

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





    26 October 09