Featherstar and sea-lily chemistry making a splash

Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
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You’ve probably seen one if you’ve snorkelled a reef but little do people know that the beautiful feather star and sea-lily could one day be the source of new medicines. Griffith University scientists Dr Yunjiang Feng, Dr Shahan Khokhar and Associate Professor Rohan Davis have undertaken an in-depth study of the chemical makeup of feather […]

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 […]

Bioresources transfer to boost Nature Bank

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Australian Institute of Maribe Science and Griffith Uni
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
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Griffith University’s Nature Bank collection of plant and marine samples will be vastly increased after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). Under the MOU formalised this week and attended by Queensland’s Health Minister The Honourable Lawrence Springborg MP, AIMS and Griffith will negotiate […]

Eskitis team finds new samples for Nature Bank

Eskitis Institute researchers at the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve at Cape York
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
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Researchers from Griffith University’s Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery have returned from the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve with new flora samples that may one day be used to fight the world’s most serious diseases. Within the 135,570-hectare reserve at Cape York, researchers Dr Ngoc Pham, Associate Professor Rohan Davis, Dr Ian Hayward and Associate Professor […]

Eskitis brings wonders of science to the Ekka

Students in the lab
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
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You’re never too young to start learning about the mysteries and marvels of science. This is the message personnel from Griffith University’s world-leading Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery will be repeating on Friday (August 8) when the Royal Queensland Show, better known as the Ekka, gets under way. Eskitis at the Ekka is just one […]