Laying a platform towards remarkable research through innovation and collaboration
Griffith Sciences’ expertise across the traditional disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics is matched by a superior understanding of the impacts and opportunities presented through continued technological advancement. This creates the bedrock of learning and teaching strategies, while also translating into successful research outcomes across a broad range of scientific fields.
Griffith researchers are providing scientific solutions to global challenges through our research. Griffith was named in Nature, the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal, as the Nature Index Rising Star for the Oceania region in 2018.
Profile: Alan Mackay-Sim
Griffith University’s 2017 Australian of the Year, Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim has spent his career researching how nerve cells in the nose regenerate and pioneered a way to safely apply that same regenerative process to damaged spinal cords. His stem cell research work is also making inroads into creating treatments for conditions such as schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia.
Research Institutes
Through our research institutes ongoing engagement with governments and communities at all levels, plus the instigation of global industry collaboration ensures beneficial outcomes across society.
Our facilities are equipped with the latest in state-of-the-art technologies to optimise our world-class areas of expertise.
Research Centres
So diverse and wide-ranging is the scope of research initiatives that numerous centres of expertise not only assist the activities of our world-class institutes but are global leaders in their own right.
- Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy
- Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
- Centre for Quantum Dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Research Centre
- Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre
PhDs and research degrees
If you’re interested in research that makes a difference, we’d love you to join our community. We offer a broad range of research supervisors and support to assist you with your chosen research project. We’re also seeking PhD candidates for a range of high-profile projects, across our research centres and institutes.
Facilities and programs
- ADaPT
- ARC Research Hub for Driving Farming Productivity and Disease Prevention
- EcoCentre
- Griffith Climate Change Response Program
- Griffith Sciences Technical Solutions
- Griffith University DNA Sequencing Facility
- Griffith University Magnetic Resonance Facility
- National Hydrogen Materials Reference Facility
- NatureBank
- Compounds Australia
- Queensland Microtechnology Facility
Griffith Advanced Research Diagnostic Network (GARDN)
GARDN is a network of experts from academia, industry and government coming together to create diagnostic technologies that can be applied in the environment, agriculture, food and health sectors.
For more information on the leading edge platforms and resources available, as well as how to access these, please contact Associate Professor Helen Stratton.