The University of Queensland's Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) is Australia's first fully integrated research institute to take a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and exploiting nanostructures, the genetic basis of cell activity, and opportunities at the interface between bioengineering and nanotechnology.
With internationally recognised researchers, AIBN merges the skills of engineers, chemists, biologists and computational scientists to focus research and development which will lead to new products and devices for improving human health and quality of life.
Opened by the Premier on 23 October 2006, the AIBN has one of the most significant representations of scientists and engineers working in the areas of bioengineering and nanotechnology in Australia. This unique combination of scientists and engineers undertakes research in four main areas: nanotechnology for energy and the environment, cell and tissue engineering, systems biotechnology, and bimolecular nanotechnology and devices.
The University of Queensland's $70 million AIBN complex was jointly funded by the Queensland Government which invested $20 million from the first round of the Smart State Research Facilities Fund and a further $6.5 million under Round One of the Innovation Building Fund to establish the Bionano-products Development Facility at AIBN.
Last reviewed 6 November 2006