University of Queensland

The University of Queensland (UQ) has its main campus in Brisbane, Queensland, specifically in the suburb of St Lucia. It is the longest-established university in the state. UQ is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" lobby group and is also a member of the international Universitas 21 organisation.

Research centres

The University is the site of the following research institutes:

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• Queensland Bioscience Precinct http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=faq&id=FacilityBrisbaneQBP
• Institute for Molecular Bioscience http://www.imb.uq.edu.au/
• Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) http://www.aibn.uq.edu.au/
• Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) http://www.smi.uq.edu.au/
• Queensland Brain Institute http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/

The University is also a partner in the following research centres:

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• Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics http://www.acqao.org/
• Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology http://www.qcaustralia.org/
• National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (NRCET) http://www.uq.edu.au/nrcet/
• Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD) http://www.uq.edu.au/conrod/
• Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) http://www.agrf.org.au/
• Co-operative Research Centre for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology http://www.dstc.edu.au/