Research heavyweights combine powers
Dr Adi Paterson, Senator Kim Carr and Professor Edwina Cornish
Monash University and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have joined forces in an exciting new research partnership.
The agreement, formalised this week, will benefit both current and future researchers across a number of fields including nuclear science and technolgy, biomedical research and materials science.
The signing was attended by Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr who welcomed the agreement as a way to boost knowledge sharing and create new training and development opportunities for Australian researchers.
“With ANSTO and Monash University researchers working together we can expect to see significant developments in key areas such as biomedical imaging, cancer therapy, accelerator and neutron science,” Senator Carr said.
“The agreement is particularly good news for Australia’s high-tech future, as the researchers and technicians of tomorrow can benefit as students from the collaborations of today.”
Monash University Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Professor Edwina Cornish said the broader research community would benefit from combining and making available the expertise of the two institutions.
”The University is delighted to be part of such an important collaboration which capitalises on our research strengths and those of ANSTO.
“Monash University's linkages to many research capabilities in the Clayton area, such as the Australian Synchrotron, CSIRO, Monash Medical Centre and the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication, will boost the significant research, education and infrastructure outcomes that will result from Monash and ANSTO working together,” said Professor Cornish.
ANSTO CEO, Dr Adi Paterson said nuclear research opens up so many opportunities to better understand the world around us, from how plants store carbon to the origins of life.
“The fact that ANSTO and Monash University have many shared interests has become apparent through a number of individual research collaborations over the years. Experience shows that bringing together researchers from different fields brings together great outcomes for science.
“We’re hopeful, for example, that through this collaboration we can do research which will improve existing medical imaging techniques to better understand how diseases affect the body,” Dr Paterson said.
ANSTO, a government research organisation, is responsible for delivering specialised advice, scientific services and products to government, industry, academia and other research organisations.