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SCIENCETHE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
International Agents 2008
UQ Quick Facts
• Research & Teaching staff (UQ) (BACS)• Academics 2,191 152• Research Fellows 767 167• Graduate Students 9,832 624•
• Undergraduate Students• All students 37,500 3,384• International 6,670 536• (Top 3 – Singapore, China, U.S.A)
•• Annual Income – 2008 ~$1 billion (AUD) $151 million (AUD)
• Other• 13 libraries (2 million + volumes)• 18,000 + computers• 1,955 Laboratories and teaching rooms
Sydney
Melbourne
University of Queensland
Brisbane
Moreton Bay Research Station
Heron Island Research Station
Low Isles Research Station
Idalia National Park
Lamington National Park
UQ Facilities & Locations
Low Isles
Heron Island
MBRS
Lamington National Park
Idalia National Park
Research
Research Institutes
• Institute for Molecular Bioscience
• Queensland Brain Institute
• Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology
• Sustainable Minerals Institute
• The Diamantina Institute for Cancer
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
• Largest purpose - built biotechnology complex in Australia
• Opened May, 2001
• 750 scientists from
– UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience
– Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Division of Livestock Industries
– CSIRO Plant Industry & Sustainable Ecosystems
– Queensland Department of Primary Industries
• IMB was funded by an Irish/American philanthropist, UQ, Queensland Government, Australian Government and CSIRO.
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Queensland Brain Institute
Queensland Brain Institute
• Established in 2003
• An AUD$60 million neuroscience research institute
• Developing new molecular, genetic and imaging technologies to drive discovery in the neurosciences
• Opened December 2007 and will house around 240 scientists
• Aims to gain a thorough understanding of brain function at the cellular and molecular level
• Will use this knowledge to further the R&D of therapeutics to enhance cognition during ageing, and to treat major brain diseases like stroke, dementia (Alzheimer’s Disease), spinal cord injury and anxiety disorders
Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology
Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology
• AUD$70 million research institute Established in 2002
• Integrated biotechnology-based institute merges the skills of the
engineer, chemist, biologist and computational scientist.
• Research strengths in:
Nanotechnology, Cell and Tissue Engineering Systems Biotechnology,
Nanobiomaterials and Devices
• AIBN is made up of 14 core research groups, 250 research
scientists
and PhD students.
ResearchFaculty of Biological & Chemical Sciences
Research Themes
Chemistry
World class chemistry facilities. – refurbishment of $14.5m of Chemistry Building
Peptide and Carbohydrate Chemistry - drug and vaccine delivery
Centre for Organo-Photonics and Electronics – new generation LEDs and solar cells
Biodiscovery and Chemical Ecology – isolation, characterization and synthesis of natural products
ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials
Molecular Design and Synthesis
Chemistry
Molecular Biology, Biotechnology & NanotechnologyDr Lindsay Sly discussing with students the properties of bacterial cultures
Structural Biology – X-ray crystallography, NMR, structural bioinformatics, drug and inhibitor design
Molecular Genetics – breast and skin cancer, plant developmental genetics, fungal pathogens
Cell Metabolism – neurochemistry, enzymology, bacterial diversity and biotechnology
Biochemistry
Molecular virology – focus on flaviviruses including Dengue, Japanese encephalitis and West Nile
Bacterial Pathogenicity – focus on mucosal pathogens including uropathogenic E. coli, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae
Biotechnology – vaccines, diagnostics, anti-infectives
Microbiology, Infectious Diseases
Biomedical Sciences
UQ’s gross anatomy facilities.
Biomedical Science
Over $10 million in competitive grants annually
Over 50 research academic staff
State-of-the-art equipment and laboratory infrastructure
Research areas in:
Neuroscience Pharmacology
Functional Biology Developmental Biology
Cell Physiology and Biophysics
Life Sciences, Environment & Marine ScienceStudents on location at the Great Barrier Reef investigating our unique biodiversity
Genetics & Evolution
16 researchers who apply new genomic technologies
to non-model organism systems. Total research funding of $14.66M, and 51 PhD students
in the period 2001-2006.Of the 190 peer-reviewed publications in the period 2001-2006, 86
(45%) had an author resident at an international institution.Highlight: An international consortium of researchers
from 5 countries (Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Australia
and the United States) lead by Prof Scott O’Neill and funded
by a $10M Gates Foundation grant, to develop
Wolbachia as a biological control agent for mosquito borne disease.
Genetics & Evolution
Ecology & Conservation
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24 researchers who conduct both applied and pure ecological studies
Total research funding of $43M in the period 2001-2006. The 464 peer-reviewed publications in the period 2001-2006, had
collaborations with researchers spread across 33 countries. Highlight: The development of a systematic conservation planning
tool – MARXAN – by Prof Possingham that is the most widely used conservation planning tool in the world and is used by all the major conservation NGOs and many governments.
Ecology & Conservation
Molecular Plant Sciences
12 researchers focusing on fundamental and applied aspects of limits to plant productivity, gene discovery and applications in plant improvement
Two national research centres: the ARC Centre of Excellence in Integrative Legume Research (Director, Prof Gresshoff) and the CRC for Tropical Plant Protection (Director, Prof Irwin),
Total research funding of $58M in the period 2001-2006.
Highlight: The cloning of the super-nodulation gene in soybean which regulates nodule numbers by Prof Greshoff
Highlight: The development by Professor Birch of genetic technology resulting in high sucrose yielding sugarcane to underpin a value-added sugarcane industry. Higher sucrose yield is a key to sustainable export profitability, and it makes the development of renewable biofuels from sugarcane more feasible.
Molecular Plant Sciences
UQ’s online entomology program, the leading program in Australia
Entomology
• Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Health - Dr Andy Barnes• Coastal Resource Management - Associate Professor Ron Johnstone• Coastal Plant Communities - Dr Cath Lovelock• Coastal Ecosystems and Climate Change - Professor Ove Hoegh-
Guldberg• Marine Biology and Biodiscovery - Dr Ian Tibbets• Marine Botany - Dr Norm Duke• Palaeoecology of Benthic Ecosystems - Associate Professor John
Pandolfi• Photobiology & Symbiosis - Dr Sophie Dove
ResearchCentre for Marine Studies
MARINE STUDIES – Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management Project (CRTR)
• Multinational research effort - more than 70 scientists and four Centres of Excellence in Australia, Mexico, Philippines and Tanzania
• Project Funds in excess of AUD$20 million in cash and $70m in-kind support – from Global Environment Fund, World Bank, Queensland Government and UQ
• UQ is the Project Executing Agent – 15 year project of research to provide practical information and management tools to coral reef management jct Funds in excess of AUD$20 million in cash and $70m in-kind support – from Global Environment Fund, World Bank, Queensland Government and UQ
• UQ is the Project Executing Agent – 15 year project of research to provide practical information and management tools to coral reef management
Research Funding Highlights
Provide centralised access and training for characterisationinstrumentation for all research disciplines at UQ
• 5 locations• 8 Transmission electron microscopes• 7 Scanning electron microscopes• 3 X-ray diffractometers• 1 X-ray photoelectron spectrometer• 2 High level mass spectrometers for isotope radiogenic studies• 400 clients• Comprehensive training programs• Part of a national network
ResearchCentre for Microscopy & Microanalysis
Commercialisation
The main technology transfer company for The University of Queensland
• 1,400 patents and patent applications
• $30 - 50 million revenues annually
• 80 staff
• Over 50 technology spinoffs and startups
• 200 international aid projects completed in 40 countries
• Australia’s largest technology commercialiser
• Research Commercialisation Workshop and R3 Network of seminars and networking events for PhD students
UniQuest Pty Limited
UniQuest Licensed Companies
Akers International AB
Ampal Inc
Amrad Operations Pty Ltd
Analytica Ltd
Australian Biopesticide Company Pty Ltd
Australian National Airlines Commission
AWA Microelectronics
Bruker Analytische Messtechnik
Buckland House Securities Pty Ltd
Bundaberg Sugar Company Ltd
Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations
Cognitech Pty Ltd
Colgate Palmolive
CSL Ltd
Currumbin Sand and Gravel Pty Ltd
DataCraft Australia Pty Ltd
Enya Systems Ltd
Ersis Australia
Flux Industries Pty Ltd
Fungi-Gulp Pty Ltd
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Glaxo Smith Kline Beecham
General Electric Company
Golden Circle
Hewer Electronics Pty Ltd
Ice T Multimedia Pty Ltd
Impedimed Pty Ltd
Inderlec Australia Pty Ltd
Jacaranda Wiley Ltd
Laser Dynamics Ltd
Leucseeds Pty Ltd
Logical Business Machines
Lynx Project
Medica Holdings Ltd
Mine Remediation Services Pty Ltd
Nanochem Ltd
NMR Holdings No. 2 Pty Ltd
OPCOM Pty Ltd
Organotin Chemie
Paravax Inc
Promics Pty Ltd
Qcom Pty Ltd
Research Corporation Technologies Inc
Resolve Engineering Pty Ltd
Siemens AG
Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd
Stockyard Industries Pty Ltd
The Director-General Department of Transport
The Wellcome Foundation Ltd
Xenome Ltd
Examples of a successful licence
Licence of HPV vaccine to CSL/Merck for Gardisal
MRI technology used in 60% of worlds MRI machines from 1997 (licensed to GE & Siemens)
Licence of Triple PPP (Positive Parenting Program) copyright, now utilised in more than 15 countries
Biotech Commercialisation
• Staff & student inventors share ‘profit’ with UQ
• Bio-business training for staff + students
• Innovation & Commercialisation Manager in each faculty
• UniQuest www.uniquest.com.au
54 spin-off companies so far
7 spinoff companies in one year
e.g. bananas as energy source; salmonella vaccine for cattle
Australian Best Practice Award for commercialisation
• IMBCom
IP protection + commercialisation embedded in laboratories
11 new biotech companies in first 5 years
Our People
Internationally recognised research excellence
Professor Scott O’Neill
• recently awarded $10million from the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges in
Global Health initiative
• research on the naturally-occurring bacteria
called Wolbachia that passes from one
generation of mosquito to the next
• could halve the adult mosquito lifespan, halting
the spread of dengue fever.
Structure & function of flavivirusDr Roy Hall
• role of non-structural proteins in cellular infection, pathogenesis, viral replication and induction of immune responses
• development of new diagnostic tests + viral vaccine
• ecology and epidemiology of viruses that are spread by insects
• monitoring the distribution and spread of new viruses isolated from mosquitoes
• Awarded most outstanding paper by Science in 2002
• Commercialised a new West Nile virus vaccine technology in 2008
Professor Julie Campbell
• Vascular cell biologist
• Stem cell biology to bioengineer new blood vessels for transplantation
• Cellular & molecular mechanisms of blood vessel disease
• Cell plasticity: alternative cellular sources to create an artery wall
• Grows artificial blood vessels in the patient’s own peritoneal cavity
Artificial Arteries
Director: Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, AIBN• 230 papers in international refereed journals + 5 patents• Clean energy production/utilisation gas to liquid
conversion, hydrogen production & storage, fuel cells,
• high energy density batteries • Environmental technologies photo-catalytic
reduction of pollutants, economic removal & recovery of
• organic vapours, greenhouse gas reduction and utilisation
• Health care• orthopaedic and cardiovascular biomaterials
Australian Award – Teaching Excellence
Professor Peter O’Donoghue
Joint winner of the 2002
Prime Minister’s Australian Award forIndividual University Teacher of the Year.
Peter teaches animal biology, veterinary science students; medical parasitology, marine parasitology, wildlife and veterinary parasitology, and foundations of medicine
2006 Australian of The YearProfessor Ian Frazer
UQ Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine
• World-class research organisation of over 100 research scientists and students• New state-of-the-art facilities being built - to be opened in 2010 • Eleven research teams in three major research programs:
The Cancer Cell Biology Program The Immunology Program Metabolic medicine
“developed world’s first cervical cancer vaccine”
Our Students
Suria Ramli - MalaysiaPhD Candidate
Molecular Design and Synthesis: properties of interfaces..
“I am impressed by the range of excellent facilities provided for students from laboratories, libraries to student support and sport.
UQ also promotes world class research and a wide range of multi-collaboration.”
Yi & Yin San Leong - MalaysiaBachelor of Biotechnology
“What I like about my program is that it has given me chance to work in a research laboratory to gain experience working as a scientist," Yin San
“The best thing about my program is that it involves both science and business, which suits my needs,” Yi San
“I enjoyed the program and the amazing Australian marine ecology so much, that I later returned to Down Under and UQ to do my Master’s Degree in Marine Biology.”
Ben KayMarine Biologist & Science Instructor, Santa Monica High School, California (USA)
“The amount of experience you gain is tremendous and highly valuable. To get into (Intellectual Property) you should have project management skills, interpersonal skills, commercial acumen with a great eye for detail, creativity, adaptability, networking ability and decision making skills, all of which my Master of Biotechnology helped provide”
Aditya Angadi – India
Master of Biotechnology
Studying Science
• Largest science program in Queensland & top 3 in Australia• World class research and teaching facilities• Internationally recognised research excellence• Extensive academic advice & support throughout degree• Student focussed learning• Teaching informed by Research • Teaching excellence • Extensive industry and government support
Why choose UQ for Science?
ProgramsBachelors Degree
ScienceBiomedical ScienceBiotechnologyMarine StudiesEnvironmental Science
Masters Degree (inc Grad Dip & Cert) BiotechnologyMolecular BiologyEntomologyScience (Conservation Biology)
Graduate ResearchMPhilPhD
MajorsBachelor of Science
Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiomedical ScienceChemistryComputer ScienceEcologyGeneticsGeographical ScienceGeological SciencesMarine ScienceMathematicsMicrobiologyPhysicsPlant SciencesPsychologyStatisticsZoology
Dual Majors
BiophysicsBioinformaticsChemical SciencesComputational Science
Extended Majors
Biomedical ScienceComputer ScienceMathematicsPhysicsPsychology
Majors (4 year degrees)
Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Developmental BiologyHuman GeneticsImmunology & Infectious DiseaseMolecular & Cellular BiologyNeurosciencePharmacology & ToxicologyPhysiology
Bachelor of Biotechnology
BioinformaticsChemical BiotechnologyDrug Design & DevelopmentMicrobial BiotechnologyNanotechnologyPlant BiotechnologyProcess Technology
Bachelor of Environmental Science
Earth ResourcesEcologyMolecular & Microbial ScienceNatural Resource Science
Bachelor of Marine Studies
Aquaculture & Marine BiotechnologyCoastal ManagementMarine Biology & EcologyMarine Geology & Coastal Processes
Study & Employment Path
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
(Honours)
Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) (Research)
Technician
Research Assistant (Government, research institute, universities, hospitals etc)
Independent Researcher
3 years
1 year
3 - 4 years
Bachelor of Marine Studies
Bachelor of Biotechnology
Bachelor of Environmental Science
Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Master of Business (Entrepreneurship)
1 year
B.Biotech
Masters by Coursework Biotechnology, Entomology, Molecular Biology and Science (Conservation Biology)
Entry with prior bachelor degree, honours degree or completion of Graduate Diploma
Entry with prior bachelor degree, or completion of Graduate Certificate
Entry with or without bachelor degree
Entry with relevant four year bachelor degree (including honours)
Graduate Certificate
#8 Units (1 Semester)
Masters#16 units (2 Semesters or 1 year)
Entry with Master of Biotechnology #24
Graduate Diploma
#16 units (2 Semesters)
(or #8 units + articulated #8 units credit from Graduate Certificate)
Master #24 (3 Semesters)
(or #8 units + articulated #16 units credit from Graduate Diploma)
Master of Biotechnology (Advanced) #32 (4 Semesters)
(optional semester for additional research)
• Extensive Academic Advice
• Buddy Program for new students
• Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS)
• Society for Undergraduate Science Students (SUSS)
• Travel Scholarships (Postgraduates)
Support Programs
Scholarships- International Undergraduate
(Malaysia and UQ Foundation Year graduates)
- International Honours
(in Biological & Chemical Sciences)
- International Postgraduate Coursework
(India, Vietnam, Thailand)
- PhD Conference Support
Faculty website www.bacs.uq.edu.au
Study Science Website www.uq.edu.au/science
Science scholarships www.bacs.uq.edu.au/scholarships
PASS Program www.bacs.uq.edu.au/undergraduate
Important Websites
Thank you
Further Information:
Faculty of Biological & Chemical Sciences
Phone: +61 7 3365 1888
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.bacs.uq.edu.au