Research Themes

Research themes in the EMBL Australia Partner Laboratory Network will focus on complementary activities that will integrate the proposed Partner Laboratory nodes with sponsoring Universities and surrounding Institutes, to develop and expand existing strengths of Australian life and health sciences in the following six general areas. At each node, the areas of research conducted by the Group Leaders will determine the facilities/instrumentation that will form part of the node, and be made available to other members of the Partner Laboratory Network and to scientists through the various Visitors Programs. Although excellence must be the primary determinant in selecting Group Leaders in each of the EMBL Australia Partner Laboratory nodes, defining research themes prior to establishment of the nodes, by selecting the best established research groups in the broad area indentified, and building Core facilities around them, will be necessary to put a strong scientific case to the Minister as part of the request for EMBL Partner Laboratory funding.