Queensland Brain Institute

The building of the Queensland Brain Institute was completed in 2007.

Founder(s)| Professor Perry Bartlett
Established| October 2007 (2007-10)
Mission| Neuroscience research
Focus| Basic science
Director| Professor Pankaj Sah
Staff| 500
Location|

Building 79, University of Queensland Template:QLDcity

Brisbane

Queensland

Australia

Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 27°29′58″S 153°00′42″E﻿ / ﻿27.4994°S 153.0117°E﻿ / -27.4994; 153.0117
Website| qbi.uq.edu.au

The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) is an Australian neuroscience research institute, located in Brisbane at the St Lucia campus of The University of Queensland. Founding director Professor Perry Bartlett[1][2] established the QBI in 2003[3][4] with assistance from The University of Queensland, Queensland State Government, and Chuck Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies.[5][6] The current building commissioned in 2004[3] and on 19 November 2007, the current purpose-built facility was opened by former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.[7][8] Since 2015, Professor Pankaj Sah has been Institute director. Professor Linda Richards is the Deputy Director (Research).

The Institute is one of nine institutes at The University of Queensland, including the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), the Translational Research Institute, and the Institute for Molecular Bioscience(IMB).

## Research

Research at QBI focuses on the fundamental mechanisms of brain function and its application to brain diseases and disorders. As of 2015, the Institute housed about 500 staff and students. Four research centres currently exist within QBI:

* The Science of Learning Research Centre (SLRC), established in 2010[9]
* The Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR), established in 2013.[10]
* The Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation (APCN), established in 2012[11] focuses on using deep brain stimulation to advance diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases.
* Joint Sino-Australian Laboratory of Brainnetome,[12] a joint initiative with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Automation (CASIA), in Beijing. It uses imaging and computational techniques.

## References

1. ↑ "UQ praises Premier`s $20m for brain institute". 22 January 2004. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2004/01/uq-praises-premiers-20m-brain-institute.
2. ↑ "Professor Perry Bartlett congratulated on CSL Florey Medal win". 12 November 2015. http://minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/pyne/media-releases/professor-perry-bartlett-congratulated-csl-florey-medal-win.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Premier Beattie announces Queensland Brain Institute" (in en). Queensland Brain Institute. https://qbi.uq.edu.au/article/2013/08/premier-beattie-announces-queensland-brain-institute.
4. ↑ "Queensland Brain Institute: Science’s best minds in Brisbane for ‘last frontier of science’". 8 March 2016. http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-brain-institute-sciences-best-minds-in-brisbane-for-last-frontier-of-science/news-story/52e745fae30252906f418b3bf7521a10.
5. ↑ "Funding and contacts". 15 June 2016. https://www.qld.gov.au/dsiti/science/international-collaborations/usa/funding-contacts/.
6. ↑ "Atlantic's Arrival in Australia". http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/regions/australia.
7. ↑ "University of Queensland, Queensland Brain Institute" (in en). http://openbuildings.com/buildings/university-of-queensland-queensland-brain-institute-profile-3143.
8. ↑ "Bligh kickstarts work on $1B ‘Australian-1st’ Ecosciences centrepiece" (in en-AU). http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/59738.
9. ↑ "Science of Learning Centre" (in en). Queensland Brain Institute. https://qbi.uq.edu.au/slrc.
10. ↑ "Premier opens Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research" (in en). Queensland Brain Institute. 2008-02-08. https://qbi.uq.edu.au/article/2013/08/premier-opens-clem-jones-centre-ageing-dementia-research.
11. ↑ "$10 million Asia-Pacific Centre set to make Brisbane a world leader in brain research" (in en). Centre for Clinical Research. 2012-03-18. https://clinical-research.centre.uq.edu.au/article/2016/12/10-million-asia-pacific-centre-set-make-brisbane-world-leader-brain-research.
12. ↑ "Joint Sino-Australian Laboratory of Brainnetome" (in en). Queensland Brain Institute. 2017-01-18. https://qbi.uq.edu.au/joint-sino-australian-laboratory-brainnetome.

## External links

* Official Website

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