The Eskitis Institute investigates novel drug- and cell-based therapies for human diseases in the thematic areas of:
- Cancer
- Infectious diseases
- Neurological diseases
The Institute works towards the development of new strategies to prevent and treat disease with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary research and collaboration within the Institute and with national and international partners. Our research is supported by our unique core resources which include:
- Nature Bank, a collection of over 200,000 optimised natural product fractions derived from a uniquely diverse collection of over 45,000 samples of plants and marine invertebrates.
- Neuro Bank, a collection of well-characterised human olfactory neurosphere-derived (hONS) cells from nearly 200 neurology patients.
- Queensland Compound Library, a robotic library of pure compounds from Australian chemists numbering more than 330,000.
Nature Bank website now online
We are pleased to announce that the Nature Bank website is now online. Click the banner below to visit the site, search our biota library and read about our natural product drug discovery expertise.
Eskitis News
Eskitis scientist scoops QLD Museum Medal
The development of an anti-infective agent and also an analgesic pain relief from an Aboriginal plant remedy are just two of the potential drugs that Professor Quinn has discovered by extracting compounds from native species such as sponges and plants.
New hope in pancreas cancer battle
A new discovery may offer a glimmer of hope to patients with one of the deadliest cancers.
Griffith microscopy improves disease understanding
The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's is set to
take a step forward following groundbreaking technology which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy.