Griffith University   Overview Griffith University’s biomedical strengths reside in three cutting edge research institutes focussed on alleviating suffering from common disease in humans: Institute for Glycomics: Therapeutics discovery and development for infectious diseases, cancer, and inflammatory diseases. Multidisciplinary expertise and technology for carbohydrate characterisation. Eskitis Institute: Focuses on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of human diseases in the areas of cancer, infection and immunity, neglected diseases, neurological disease and stem cell biology. Undertakes discovery and development of new cell-based therapies and small molecule drugs. Genomics Research Centre: Investigates the genetic basis of disease. Research is focused on common chronic human disorders that have a significant genetic component, including migraine, cardiovascular disease, MS, cancer and osteoporosis, as well as research on susceptibility to infection. Research is aimed at developing better diagnostics and new therapeutics for these disorders. Business Opportunities (i.e Corporate Alliances/Partnerships) Institute for Glycomics: Collaborative development of carbohydrate based therapeutics Carbohydrate characterisation and screening for binding of carbohydrate recognising proteins Eskitis Institute: New drug leads from natural products Preclinical testing using adult stem cells Novel lead generation libraries inspired by nature Genomics Research Centre: NATA accredited genetic diagnosis Clinical trial capability Identification of genes involved in common chronic human disease Technology/Products and Services Description Institute for Glycomics: Bio-control technology to prevent Campylobacter infection of poultry products Vaccine technology targeting human Campylobacter infection Screening of binding specificity of carbohydrate recognising proteins using a unique carbohydrate library Analytical services for carbohydrate characterisation Consultancy for carbohydrate separation science Eskitis Institute: High throughput screening of compound libraries Advanced compound management Nature Bank, an optimised library of natural product fractions Rapid structural elucidation via NMR Proprietary extraction and processing procedures for natural products High-throughput adult stem cell culture Toxicology and safety testing using adult stem cells Genomics Research Centre: Population resource suitable for the identification of clinically relevant genes Phenotyping for migraine, osteoporosis, CVD risk traits, MS, lymphoma, breast and skin cancer Diagnostic tests for migraine and stroke related disorders Technology to develop novel diagnostics Clinical trial capability Genetic model systems for bone differentiation Development of methods for screening diagnostics Competitive Advantages Institute for Glycomics: The Institute for Glycomics is a multidisciplinary carbohydrate science research facility providing collaborative research opportunities and analysis services based on extensive research experience in carbohydrate science, and development of novel therapeutics, supported by a state-of-the-art technology platform. Eskitis Institute: Eskitis offers a capability unique in Australian institutions - to take a target, generate a lead compound active against the target, and optimise this lead.  In this way Eskitis’s drug discovery specialists are able to develop compounds further along the value chain. The Institute house a natural product library with over 300,000 extracts derived from Australasian plants and marine vertebrae. Genomics Research Centre: Case-control cohorts, large multi-generational pedigree and genetic isolate populations Expertise in genetic and environmental factors involved in common chronic human disorders such as cardiovascular disease, migraine, osteoporosis, neurodegenerative disease, multiple sclerosis and a number of cancers including lymphoma, skin and breast cancer.   Website address:  Institute for Glycomics - www.griffith.edu.au/science/institute-glycomics Eskitis Institute - www.griffith.edu.au/science/eskitis-institute-cell-molecular-therapies Genomics Research Centre - www.griffith.edu.au/centre/grc