Researchers use innovative approaches to tackle malaria

Institute for Glycomics and the Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery will explore the effects Zika virus has on neurological cells.
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
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Griffith University researchers are tackling the enormous global health problem of malaria through innovative approaches to develop new vaccine and drug candidates. At Griffith’s two leading biomedical research institutes — the Institute for Glycomics and the Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery — research teams are firmly focused on, and are making progress towards the global […]

Leading scientist to head Griffith’s Eskitis Institute

The new Director for the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Professor Jennifer Martin
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Griffith University has attracted a scientist with expertise in antibacterial discovery and insulin signalling to head its world-renowned Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery. New Director, Professor Jennifer Martin, with a 20 year career in research, is an ARC Laureate Fellow and Queensland Smart Women Smart State Award Winner. She says she is very proud to […]

Professor Quinn recognised for outstanding career

Griffith University's Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery Professor Ron Quinn is the winner of the Lifetime Leadership award in the 2015 Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Awards.
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A ‘why not’ approach to research is the kind of legacy Professor Ron Quinn AM hopes to leave behind. This legendary scientific researcher of human diseases likes to challenge those who say it can’t be done, and he definitely doesn’t settle for doing things the traditional way. It’s this proactively passionate attitude that has seen […]

Griffith professor powering the future of batteries

Griffith School of Environment and the Centre for Clean Environment and Energy Professor Eddie Shanqing Zhang
Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy
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Inspired by 16th century Chinese medicine, Griffith scientists have turned to nature for solutions to improve the performance of batteries. Professor Eddie Shanqing Zhang and his team have identified three natural sources which will not only reduce pollution in the manufacturing of lithium ion batteries and lithium-sulfur batteries, but improve overall performance and cyclability. This […]