The University of Queensland is one of Australia's
research-intensive Group of Eight universities. UQ's Institute
for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) is one of Australia's leading
biosciences research institutes, and has internationally
recognised excellence in mammalian cell and developmental
biology, genetics, genomics, computational biology,
bioinformatics, structural biology and biological chemistry.
Since 2000, IMB researchers have produced 1000 scientific
publications and have spun-out eleven biotechnology companies.
The ARC Special Research Centre in Functional and Applied
Genomics based at UQ operates technology units in microarrays,
protein expression, proteomics, transgenics and bioinformatics.
The $1.3M/year ARC Centre in Bioinformatics brings together 14
researchers in four Australian universities (ANU, Deakin,
Newcastle, Queensland) and IBM TJ Watson Research Center (USA) in
collaborative programs analysing how mammalian cells process
genome information to produce cellular structure and function.
Established in 2003, the e-Health Research Centre is a leading national research facility in ICT for healthcare innovations. A joint venture between CSIRO and the Queensland Government, the e-Health Research Centre's Research Program aims to improve the quality and safety of healthcare for individuals and communities through an ICT research program focused on applied outcomes and active adoption by the health system. The largest single-funded e-health research and development facility in the Southern Hemisphere, the Centre comprises a multi-disciplinary team of over 30, including world-renowned researchers, software engineers and PhD students, dedicated to excellence in research and health services. With its head office in Brisbane, the e-Health Research Centre is developing a national research and development focus and is acting as the catalyst for delivering real outcomes in e-health by bringing together the research, the technology and the people to "make it happen."
Griffith University is an internationally recognised university
with a focus on multidisciplinary research. Griffith has major
research centres involved in bioscience research including The
Glycomics Institute (Gold Coast campus), The Genomics Research
Centre (Gold Coast), The Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular
Therapies (Nathan Campus) and the Institute for Integrated and
Intelligent Systems (Nathan & Gold Coast).
The Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) is a consortium of Queensland universities formed with the objective to increase the State's innovative capacity through deployment and exploitation of advanced computing and communications infrastructure - supercomputers, high-capacity data archives, visualisation and networking capability.
Queensland University of Technology is known for the quality and
success of its applied research. QUT has an established position
in ICT R&D, and has recently established the Institute of
Health and Biomedical Innovation that includes the CRC for
Diagnostics and other research in life sciences and public health.
The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, the major
research and development agency of the Queensland State
Government, is charged with improving the profitability of the
food and agribusiness sector. DPI&F's R&D Strategy
identifies the need for the department to move its investment in
science into the development of new technologies that will
accelerate growth in existing industries and establish new
industries.
The Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing is
implementing a
National Grid
as part of Australia's e-research infrastructure. The Grid
includes an internationally compliant certificate authority, a
virtual organisation management system, and local gateway servers
that support multiple sets of middleware. The open component of
QFAB will become part of the National Grid, accessing and
contributing computation, services and especially data in the
molecular, genomic and health sciences. QFAB will thus support
APAC in bringing the National Grid to R&D communities in
Australia.
