Corporate Body

QIMR Clive Berghofer Medical Research Institute (2013 - )

State of Queensland

From
2013
Herston, Queensland, Australia
Functions
Medical Research
Alternative Names
  • QIMR Berghofer (Also known as, 2025 - )
Website
https://www.qimrb.edu.au/
Reference No
ABN: 31 411 813 344
Location
300 Herston Road, Hersston, Queensland 4006 Australia

Summary

In 2013 Toowoomba philanthropist Clive Berghofer donated $50.1 million to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, the largest donation by an individual in Australian history. The Institute name was subsequently changed to QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and a new Central building, commenced in 2010, is completed.

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Chronology

2013
Event - The grand Central Building entrance wall - water me/our-artmory art is unveiled.
2015
Research - Q-Gen Cell Therapeutics becomes the first Australian manufacturing facility to receive Therapeutic Goods Administration approval to manufacture cellular therapies for human use, specifically clinical-grade T cell therapies.
2015
Research - World first brain cancer trial starts, using T cells trained to attack cytomegalovirus, known to be linked to glioblastoma.
2015
Publication - Magic Glasses, a 10-minute animated children's educational program is released in south-east Asia, explaining the importance of hand washing, wearing shoes, covering food, and using toilets to prevent intestinal worm infections.
2018
Organisation - Existing brain cancer lab renamed Sid Faithfull Brain Cancer Laboratory. Sid Faithfull and his wife, Christine Sadler, had been major supporters of QIMR Berghofer since 2013.
2020
Organisation - The Institute is among the first in Australia to receive the COVID-19 virus in our world-class biosecurity research facility.
2020
Organisation - First female Director and CEO Professor Fabienne Mackay is appointed.
2021
Operational event - Mark Smyth is found to have committed serious research misconduct and either resigns or is dismissed.
2021
Research - Two drugs created by Professor Sudha Rao and James Hudson to prevent and treat COVID-19 proceed to clinical trials.
2022
Organisation - Scientific Services gains NATA accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 for using flow cytometry to immunophenotype human and animal samples in support of clinical trials and pre-clinical studies.
2024
Organisation - Scientific Services gains NATA accreditation to AS/ISO 17025 for histological examination of human and animal tissues in support of clinical trials and pre-clinical studies.
2025
Organisation - QIMR Berghofer proudly celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2025, marking eight decades of life-changing medical research. To commemorate the occasion, the Institute has unveiled a refreshed name, QIMR Berghofer, alongside a bold new visual identity (our first logo update since 1976) and a new website.

Timeline

 1945 - 2013 Queensland Institute of Medical Research
       2013 - QIMR Clive Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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