The Robinson Institute

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The Robinson Institute
Ground Floor, Norwich Centre
55 King William Road
North Adelaide
SA 5006 Australia

Telephone: +61 8 8303 8166
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Centre for Stem Cell Research
The Centre for Stem Cell Research brings together over 200 researchers at the University of Adelaide and affiliate title holders at the Women's and Children's Hospital, SA Pathology, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and the Hanson Institute. The Centre's research focuses on the: Isolation and characterisation of embryonic, adult and iPS cells Differentiation of ES cells including nerve, cardiac muscle, cartilage, bone, ligament, pulp, blood, heart, pancreas, kidney, gametes Clinical applications: diabetes, stroke, cardiac repair, bone repair, periodontitis, blood disorders, cystic fibrosis and other morbidities conducive to gene and cell therapy.
Centre Directors	Associate Professor Mark Nottle & Associate Professor Stan Gronthos
	After obtaining his PhD from the University of Adelaide, A/Prof Mark Nottle became General Manager of the Reproductive Biotechnology Division at BresaGen Limited. He has since returned to the University's School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health where his current research focuses on developing organ, tissue and cell replacement therapies with a particular interest in isolating animal adult and embryonic and stem cells.
	A/Prof Stan Gronthos returned to Adelaide in 2002 where he founded the Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group and was later appointed Head of the Regenerative Medicine Program within the Division of Haematology, IMVS. His research program focuses on identification, purification and characterization of mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow, adipose and dental tissues and has led to commercialization of the intellectual property for different regenerative medicine applications.
Research Groups	Research Leader/s:
Acute Leukaemia	Associate Professor Richard D'Andrea
Blood Cell Growth and Differentiation and the Changes Associated with Leukaemia	Dr Ian Lewis
Cardiac Repair	Professor Stephen Worthley
Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy	Dr David Parsons & Dr Don Anson
Gene Technology	Dr Don Anson
Mesenchymal Stem Cell	Associate Professor Stan Gronthos
Mesenchymal Stem Cell and Gene Therapy in Organ Transplantation	Dr Ravi Krishnan
Molecular Immunology	Associate Professor Simon Barry
Myeloma Research Laboratory	Associate Professor Andrew Zannettino
Peridontal Repair	Professor Mark Bartold
Reproductive Biotechnology	Associate Professor Mark Nottle
Stroke Research	Associate Professor Simon Koblar
Transplantation Research	Dr Toby Coates