Video: Minister sponsors flora sample for Nature Bank

Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg hands over $100 to Eskitis Director Professor Ronald Quinn

Queensland Health Minister, The Honourable Lawrence Springborg MP, was more than happy to pay $100 to be part of the Sponsor a Sample initiative aiding medical research through Griffith University’s Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery.

The Institute’s Nature Bank collection has more than 45,000 samples of plant and marine invertebrates being used in research to find the cures for some of the world’s deadliest diseases.