The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an Australian

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. Founded in 1963 by the

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as a research department of St Vincent's Hospital, it is now one of Australia's largest medical research institutions, with approximately 750 scientists, students and support staff.

History

Funds for its establishment were provided by a centenary hospital appeal by the Sisters of Charity for St Vincent's Hospital. Helen Mills, the largest donor, asked for the centre to be named after her father James Patrick Garvan, a distinguished New South Wales parliamentarian and business leader. The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, a 100 million joint venture between Garvan and St Vincent's Hospital, was opened on 28 August 2012 by Prime Minister

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. The centre is named after the Kinghorn Foundation, one of the centre's main benefactors. The Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics (KCCG) was also established in 2012, with a commitment of 9 million in funding from the Kinghorn Foundation. KCCG is Australia's leading medical research institute in medical genomics and informatics that translates into genome-based personalised medicine. The functions of the KCCG include high quality 'next generation' genome sequencing and diagnostic services. I In 2014, the institute became one of only three organisations in the world able to sequence the

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at a base cost below 1,000 each (the $1,000 genome) when it purchased the next generation of genome-sequencing equipment, which is capable of sequencing 350 genomes a week (18,000 a year).

Directors

Other notable staff

* Professor Chris Goodnow BVSc, PhD, FAA FRS - Deputy Director and Laboratory Head * Professor Vanessa Hayes - Laboratory Head, Human Comparative and Prostate Cancer Genomics * Dr Russell Howard - Commercial Strategy Advisor, Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics * Professor David James FAA – formerly head of the Diabetes and Obesity division * Associate Professor Amanda Salis – formerly leader of the Eating Disorders research group

References

External links

Articles from the Garvan Institute on ''The Conversation''
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History

Directors

Other notable staff

See also

References

External links