World's Smallest Cheque Could Start Something Big
It's believed to be the world's smallest cheque at just 1.1mm by 1.8mm but it could lead to some of the biggest drug discoveries this century according to Minister for State Development John Mickel.

Genes under the microscope
PhD student Tam Nguyen is studying the cause of a rare genetic disorder affecting one in 50 000 newborn babies.

Stem cell research centre to be opened The Age - May 2, 2006 - 1:09PM
The federal government is pumping $22 million into a research facility for adult stem cells as parliament prepares for a likely conscience vote on therapeutic cloning.

Our goal is to develop drug and cell based therapies based on fundamental research into understanding the genetic and environmental causes of human disease.

Institute research facilities include industry standard, robotic, high-throughput biochemical analysis, high-throughput X-ray crystallography and high-throughput confocal microscopy for cellular function assays. Plans are in place for a robotic cell culture system to automate and standardise cell production and a GMP facility for cell-based therapies.

The research environment is collegial and interactive with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary research and many opportunities for graduate education and training.

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