Queensland science capability directory
The Queensland science capability directory provides information on the State’s research centres, institutes, facilities, research hospitals, precincts, laboratories and other research organisations across Queensland.
Listing all of 80 centres out of 332 total centres.
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Critical Care Research Group CCRG
The Critical Care Research Group is the largest multidisciplinary critical care research group in Australia.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology CTBMT
The Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology develops innovative solutions in tropical health, biodiversity and food production.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Base Facility
BASE is a leading national facility for manufacturing and research of mRNA technologies.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Child Health Research Centre
The Child Health Research Centre brings together researchers from a range of specialist areas to tackle some of the big issues in child health.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Health Translation Queensland HTQ
Health Translation Queensland provides a platform for integration and collaboration between clinicians, educators, researchers, academics, policy makers and health consumers.
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Australian Translational Genomics Centre ATGC
The Australian Translational Genomics Group research address pressing clinical questions surrounding the genetic and biological processes underlying complex human diseases.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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ARC Research Hub for Driving Farming Productivity and Disease Prevention
The Hub works to increase farm production and disease prevention by advancing and transferring new artificial intelligence technologies into industrial deployment.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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The Prince Charles Hospital TPCH
The Prince Charles Hospital is the leading cardiothoracic hospital in Australia conducting numerous leading clinical and translational research programs.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Boeing Research and Technology Australia Centre BRTAC
Boeing Research and Technology Australia Centre brings together Boeing and UQ researchers to collaborate on the next great advances in aerospace.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre AID
AID utilises leading technologies to identify, understand and prevent infectious disease.
Centre size: 300-500 research staff
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The Centre for Disaster Studies CDS
We facilitate sustainable community based disaster management through the effective delivery of research outputs and relevant partnerships.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre TAAHC
TAAHC leads in remote, Indigenous and tropical health care research, translation and innovation to improve quality and efficiency of care to linguistically diverse communities.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases NCNED
The National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases leads research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Forensic and Scientific Services FSS
FSS is the most comprehensive forensic and public health science facility in Australia providing expert analysis, advice and research.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment ILSE
The institute aims to be a global leader in research into agricultural systems and the management of sustainable rural landscapes.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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CSIRO Agriculture and Food Business Unit AF
The Agriculture and Food Business Unit is part Australia's national science organisation CSIRO, one of the largest and most diverse scientific research organisations in the world.
Centre size: 200-300 research staff
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Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers CCFB
The CCFB develops innovative biomanufacturing and biomolecular engineering solutions for global challenges in health and sustainability.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Forest Research Institute FRI
The broad specturm of research at the Forest Research Institute makes direct and meaningful contributions to the sustainability of our wooded landscapes.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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South Johnstone Research Facility
A premier research facility located in Queensland’s wet tropics, with a highly skilled and experienced team supporting project leaders of diverse field trials.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Queensland Children's Hospital QCH
QCH is the major specialist children’s hospital for Queensland and northern New South Wales with major multidisciplinary paediatric and adolescent research progammes
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute QIMR
With a focus on the future of health, QIMR Berghofer is one of Australia’s largest medical research institutes
Centre size: 500-700 research staff
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Centre for Health Research CHR
Centre for Health Research (CHR) focuses upon monitoring and promoting the health and wellbeing of regional and rural communities.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health GCT
The Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health translates knowledge from genomics research to improve human health.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Centre for Bioinnovation
The interdisciplinary research at Centre for Bioinnovation focuses on sustainable production of aquaculture, horticulture and forestry systems and biodiversity conservation.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute ADFMIDI
The ADFMIDI is a world-recognised centre for malaria research and other vector borne diseases
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Sugar Research Australia Limited SRA
SRA invests in and manages a portfolio of RD&E projects that drive productivity, profitability and sustainability for the Australian sugarcane industry.
Centre size: 100-200 research staff
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Townsville University Hospital TUH
Clinical research at Townsville Hospital improves the health of our region through discoveries in nursing/midwifery, allied health and numerous medical specialties.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Research Hub for Advanced Prawn Breeding
The Hub undertakes research in advanced genomic-informed breeding programs for black tiger prawn and transfers this to the farmed black tiger prawn industry.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Queensland Eye Institute QEI
The Queensland Eye Institute is one of the finest centres for eye health, medical research, education and clinical care in the world.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation AusHSI
Combining leading-edge knowledge with hands-on, practical experience, AusHSI partners to deliver innovation and improvements for better health services.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Centre for Crop Health CCH
Research at the Centre for Crop Health provides an enhanced understanding of disease processes in farming systems to support an innovative, sustainable agricultural sector.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine - Townsville AITHM
AITHM is committed to collaboration to further our tropical health research and translate our findings into real benefits for communities.
Centre size: 200-300 research staff
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Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine - Cairns AITHM
AITHM is committed to collaboration to further our tropical health research and translate our findings into real benefits for communities.
Centre size: 200-300 research staff
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CSIRO Health and Biosecurity Business Unit CSIRO H&B
CSIRO's Health and Biosecurity lifts Australia's preparedness and responsiveness to health and bisoecurity risks
Centre size: 200-300 research staff
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Sunshine Coast University Hospital SCUH
The Sunshine Coast University Hospital is a tertiary, teaching hospital servicing a local population of around 450,000 across all parts of the Sunshine Coast and Gympie regions.
Centre size: 100-200 research staff
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Sunshine Coast Health Institute SCHI
The SCHI is an integrated, collaborative and comprehensive education, skills training and research facility for health professionals.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation
GMRF leads in investigating the causes and consequences of illnesses that impact the Veteran community
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Forest Industries Research Centre FIRC-USC
The Centre is focused on applied collaborative research that improves value and sustainability in the forest industry
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Centre for Kidney Disease Research CHSR
The Centre is one of Australia's leading kidney disease research centres with an international reputation for excellence in research.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Menzies Health Institute Queensland MHIQ
Menzies Health Institute Queensland is committed to translatable, interdisciplinary research that will achieve measurable improvements in health and wellbeing.
Centre size: 500-700 research staff
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Mater Research
Mater Research discovers ways to prevent and treat conditions affecting babies, children, adolescents and adults, helping them to lead healthy lives.
Centre size: 300-500 research staff
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Mareeba Research Facility
Mareeba Research Facility is one of the leading agri-science, research and service hubs for the primary industries sector in Queensland.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Leslie Research Facility LRC
The Leslie Research Facility is recognised internationally as a centre for excellence in research on grains and other field crops.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Invasive Plant and Animal Science Unit
The unit researches the ecology and impacts of pest species and develops science-based tools and management practices to landholders, local governments and other land managers.
Centre size: 100-200 research staff
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Hermitage Research Facility HRF
Hermitage is the main Queensland facility which holds and maintains genetic material for national breeding programs for sorghum, chickpea, mungbeans, sweet corn and maize.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Diamantina Institute UQDI
The Diamantina Institute is a modern research facility, where clinical and basic science converges in the translational research of cancer, immunology and genomic medicine.
Centre size: 200-300 research staff
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Centre for Horticultural Science CHS
CHS delivers improvements to productivity, profitability and sustainability of horticulture industries.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Centre for Clinical Research UQCCR
Focusing on improving the lives of people through patient-orientated research, UQCCR is committed to better treatment and results for patients.
Centre size: 100-200 research staff
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Bundaberg Research Facility BRF
The facility conducts research in sub-tropical horticulture, vegetable and field crops across a broad range of species and commodities.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Centre for Children’s Health Research CCHR
CCHR is Queensland’s first fully-integrated research facility focused on child and adolescent health research
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital RBWH
The RBWH is a quaternary and tertiary referral teaching and research hospital providing state-of-the-art health care services for over 10 per cent of Queensland.
Centre size: 700 plus research staff
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Queensland Herbarium
The Queensland Herbarium is the centre for science, research and information on Queensland’s ecosystems and species of plants, fungi, algae and animals.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Princess Alexandra Hospital PAH
The PAH is a major tertiary health care centre and one of Australia’s leading academic and research health centres
Centre size: 700 plus research staff
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Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence PACE
The Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE) is the leading facility for pharmaceutical research, education and commercialisation in Australia.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Inflammation and Healing Research Cluster INFLAME
The Cluster delivers multidisciplinary biomedical research of disease processes, molecular epidemiology, the discovery and development of new therapeutics.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Genomics Research Centre GRC
GRC is researching the genetic basis of disease through the use of its unique population resources and the application of genetic studies to common, complex human disorders.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Institute for Glycomics
The expertise of the institute in glycomics, and multidisciplinary approach to drug and vaccine discovery research, make it one of only a few of its kind in the world.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Health and Food Sciences Precinct
The Precinct provides a collaborative environment for scientists to advance biosecurity, healthcare, food nutrition and technology
Centre size: 100-200 research staff
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Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery GRIDD
Expertise in chemistry and biology, advanced mass spectrometry screening, NatureBank (Australia’s largest natural product library) and Compounds Australia (a national facility).
Centre size: 100-200 research staff
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Ecosciences Precinct ESP
The Ecosciences Precinct is a highly collaborative working environment with researchers dedicated to solving some of the biggest environmental problems in Australia.
Centre size: 700 plus research staff
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Clem Jones Research Centre for Regenerative Medicine CJRCRM
The Centre supports studies in the broader field of regenerative medicine and stem cell biology.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare IEBH
The Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare works on big, neglected problems in health care - antibiotic resistance, overdiagnosis, non-drug treatments, and waste in research.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Centre for Urology Research CUR
The Centre performs in vitro and in vivo experimental studies on lower urinary tract function in health and disease.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Applethorpe Research Facility
The only temperate fruit and vegetable research facility that maintains the genetic material for table grapes and national breeding programs for apples and stone fruit industries.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Centre for Animal Science CAS
CAS leads tropical livestock research and development in Australia to improve animal health, welfare and productivity, and pest and disease control.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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The Cairns Institute TCI
The Institute is committed to understanding and informing the critical processes of transformation that will shape the future wellbeing of tropical communities and environments
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Institute for Molecular Bioscience IMB
The Institute for Molecular Bioscience is a multidisciplinary life scientific research institute committed to improving quality of life through research and translation.
Centre size: 300-500 research staff
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Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research CJCADR
The Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research focusses on research into the prevention and treatment of dementia.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis CMM
The CMM is an interdisciplinary research, teaching and service centre which provides access to cutting edge electron and X-ray microscopy and microanalysis.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Centre for Crop Science QAAFI CPS
The Centre delivers research to target improved crops, crop protection systems, and sustainable production systems in tropical and sub-tropical environments
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Centre for Advanced Imaging CAI
The CAI is the leading imaging research facility in Australia with instruments for and expertise in preclinical and clinical MRI, PET, NMR and EPR and radiochemistry.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland APCRC-Q
The Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – Queensland is a collaborative, integrated, transdisciplinary, comprehensive research centre based in Brisbane.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Translational Research Institute TRI
TRI is a leading Australian innovative medical research, development and translation facility working with clinicians and industry to prevent, diagnose and treat human disease.
Centre size: 700 plus research staff
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Centre for Molecular Therapeutics CMT
The Centre provides an innovative approach to characterisation of novel compounds derived from tropical plants and animals, to develop new therapeutics.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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Queensland Brain Institute QBI
A world leader in neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute researchers are working to understand the brain in order to better treat neurological disease.
Centre size: 300-500 research staff
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Queensland Animal Science Precinct QASP
The Queensland Animal Science Precinct is a unique world-class research facility that accommodates training, teaching, validation and commercialisation of animal research.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology AIBN
AIBN’s research excels at developing new products, processes and devices for improving society and the world through the innovative use of bioengineering and nanotechnology.
Centre size: 300-500 research staff
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Cancer and Ageing Research Program CARP
The Cancer and Ageing Research Program team is working to uncover the universal process of what goes wrong in our cells as we age that allow cancers and ageing diseases to develop.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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BioBank BB
The BioBank is the largest bio-resource in Queensland providing high quality human tissue samples, blood and data for bio-medical research.
Centre size: Up to 20 research staff
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Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology ACWEB
The Centre is internationally recognised for excellence in innovative water technology and management over the breadth of the urban industrial water cycle.
Centre size: 20-100 research staff
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