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Biosciences Research Centre – AgriBio, the Centre for AgriBioscience.

The Victorian Government, through the Department of Primary Industries (DPI), and La Trobe University (La Trobe) are investing in a world-class centre for agricultural biosciences research and development through a AUD$288 million public-private partnership.

The building will be known as AgriBio, the Centre for AgriBioscience. AgriBio will focus on cutting-edge research to improve productivity, fight disease and reduce environmental impact, to protect Victoria's $11.8 billion agricultural sector.

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8th May BioBreakfast - The Technological and Economic Opportunities of BioBanking in Australia

Tuesday 8th May, 7:15am - 9:00am
Cinema 1, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Federation Square, Melbourne

As the pharmaceutical industry and the wider research sector shifts rapidly towards personalised medicine and genomics combined with the increasing power of computational sciences, biobanking is clearly an emerging winner in terms of commercialisation opportunity and provision of quality research services for the future.

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