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The University of Adelaide
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Research InstitutesThe University of Adelaide has established six new research institutes to tackle some of the most serious research challenges facing Australia and the world.Adelaide is an innovative and forward-looking university and an Australian leader in research and teaching in a comprehensive range of disciplines. In partnership with government and industry, the University has recently established six first-class research institutes. The Institutes bring together world-leading researchers supported by modern infrastructure and an innovative culture, uniting a community of more than 1000 scientists and students to tackle State and national research priorities. This community will continue to expand with the development of future research institutes and centres. Relevance and quality are the ongoing drivers of the University's research initiatives, aimed at delivering real results which contribute to Australia's social, economic, cultural and environmental wellbeing. The University is also an active participant in Commonwealth-funded Research Centres - being the site of three National Research Centres and a participant in a number of Cooperative Research Centres. It is also home base for many specialist research centres and units in a wide range of disciplines. |  | Focus: Reproductive health, stem cell research and health across generations
The Robinson Institute is named after renowned obstetrician Professor Jeffrey Robinson. Led by Director, Professor Robert Norman, the Institute brings together over 200 research staff and students with expertise ranging from epidemiology through to molecular biology and genetics, working together with SA Pathology, the Lyell McEwin, Women's & Children's and the QEH hospitals.
Key Research Centres: | |  | Focus: Management of natural resources under changing climate and economic conditions The Environment Institute was officially launched on June 4 at the National Wine Centre of Australia. If you missed this event we invite you to watch our promotional video outlining the vision for the new Institute or download the Institute brochure. The Institute brings together leading research groups at the University of Adelaide in the fields of science, engineering and economics relating to the management and use of natural resources and infrastructure. Key Research Centres: | |  |
Focus: Petroleum engineering, mining engineering, petroleum and minerals, geoscience and geothermal energy The Institute aims to establish the State as a world leader in the provision of research and education for the minerals and energy resources industries. A key focus of the Institute is to address the challenge of continuing to grow the economically critical mineral and energy resources industries in a technically, economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner. Key Research Centres: | |  | Waite Research Institute
Focus: Plant and animal sciences, viticulture and oenology, agronomy, soil science and agricultural economics The mission of the Waite Research Institute will be to ensure profitable and productive agriculture in the face of threats from climate change, increased costs of energy, limited natural resources and environmental degradation. The establishment of the WRI builds on the unique record of achievement the University has in agriculturally-related research and will foster new research relationships with partners on the Waite Campus. Key Research Centres: | |  | Adelaide Cancer Research Institute Focus: Understanding cancer systems biology, developing cancer treatment techniques Working with the RAH, QEH and SA Pathology, the Institute will build a comprehensive understanding of cancer systems biology, and develop and apply cancer treatment techniques. By harnessing and supporting South Australian cancer research within the Adelaide Cancer Research Institute, major strategic alliances will be forged with the major cancer funding bodies, state and federal agencies and international partners. Key Research Centres: |
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Focus: optical fibres, lasers, luminescence, surface chemistry, proteomics and virology IPAS aims to become the international leader in developing new optical fibre sensing technologies that underpin health, the environment, industrial processes and defence systems. The Federal Government has awarded IPAS $29m in funding for the construction of a new suite of integrated and highly specialised laboratories to be built at the University's North Terrace Campus. The Institute will house over $10m worth of equipment, including a unique national resource for the production of niche optical fibres. Key Research Centres: |
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