Melbourne Biomedical Precinct Studley Rd to an Exceptional Network Economic and Investment Growth Swinburne University of of Skilled Workers, Quality for the State

The Royal Children’s Hospital + The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

The Royal Women’s Hospital Darwin

Walter & Eliza Hall Institute

Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical NT Science, Monash University + CSIRO QLD Royal Melbourne Hospital WA Brisbane

C Florey Institute SA e m ete ry Rd The University of Melbourne NSW Perth Sydney A Precinct approach Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Adelaide Royal Pde Canberra + Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre The Doherty Institute to collaboration Flemington Rd Elgin St St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Hobart Melbourne, Grattan St Swanston St Australia and innovation Arden St

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Punt Rd Campuses that shows the beneﬁt of health precincts, The Precinct’s location means that High St Australian or clusters, to the economic and social it is well placed to add to and beneﬁt Alfred Hospital prosperity of communities globally. & St Kilda Road Synchroton from the wealth of innovation happening Melbourne, the fastest growing city across Melbourne and Victoria. It is this CSIRO in Australia and the world’s most collaborative spirit across the state that will Manufacturing

Blackburn Rd liveable, is no exception. Monash Flagship ensure that the biomedical sector remains Precinct Wellington Rd a cornerstone of Victoria’s economy.

Alfred Health Princes Hwy Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Cancer Clayton Rd Monash Children’s Council Victoria Hospital Burnet Institute Monash Medical Centre

Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute The Royal Children’s Hospital + The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

The Royal Women’s Hospital Darwin

Walter & Eliza Hall Institute

Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical NT Science, Monash University + CSIRO QLD Royal Melbourne Hospital WA Brisbane

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Elizabeth St Lygon St La Trobe University Queensberry St d R

g r e b Burgundy St Rathdowne St l Chetwynd St Victoria St e > id e Melbourne Brain Centre H r Peel St e Austin Health p Plan Melbourne, Victoria’s key metropolitan Franklin St p Melbourne has biomedical La Trobe St U Austin Hospital planning strategy, highlights the precincts Banksia St capabilities unparalleled in around Melbourne, Monash, Deakin, Olivia Newton-John Australia and amongst the and La Trobe universities as clusters CSL Cancer Wellness & world’s best. We are home which offer signiﬁcant opportunities (Poplar Road) Research Centre for innovation as well as employment, Melbourne Biomedical Precinct Studley Rd to an exceptional network economic and investment growth Swinburne University of of skilled workers, quality for the state. Technology education providers, leading The Melbourne Biomedical Precinct Deakin University St Kilda Rd research institutes and a Partners are largely collocated to the Princes Hwy Commercial Rd Burwood & Geelong Campuses sophisticated health system. north of Melbourne’s CBD close to Monash University, Australia’s highest ranking university, Clayton � Caulﬁeld There is a growing body of evidence the University of Melbourne.

Blackburn Rd liveable, is no exception. Monash Flagship ensure that the biomedical sector remains Precinct Wellington Rd a cornerstone of Victoria’s economy.

Alfred Health Princes Hwy Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Cancer Clayton Rd Monash Children’s Council Victoria Hospital Burnet Institute Monash Medical Centre

Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute The Melbourne Biomedical The Precinct Precinct Ofﬁce Partners

The Melbourne Biomedical Its establishment is the result of key The Office collaborates with a range of The Melbourne Biomedical The organisations are largely collocated Together the Precinct recommendations from the Premier’s stakeholders across three main areas: to the north of Melbourne’s CBD in the Partners employ around Precinct Office was established Jobs and Investment Panel. In its 2016 Precinct, through its 30 geographical area extending from East by the Victorian state report to the Victorian Government, the Strategic planning Precinct Partners, delivers Melbourne, Carlton and North Melbourne Panel’s message was clear in identifying The Office is developing a strategic to Parkville in the north. The Precinct also 28,000 government in late 2016 plan to identify and prioritise actions outstanding clinical care to drive economic development the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct as and education, and has strong connections with the Arden offering significant potential for job creation for the state and Precinct Partners over and Macaulay urban renewal precincts. people in the Precinct and strengthen and growth and increased investment, the next 20 years to maximise the produces world-class The close proximity of the Precinct both locally and internationally. potential of the Precinct. including its position as a world leader biomedical research. Partners has been key to building in biomedical research, The Executive Chair leads a small Advisory a culture of collaboration over many development and innovation. team of advisors and project managers, The Office plays an advisory role to We excel particularly in child and years (see list and map over page). 10,000 experienced in public sector and government and agencies, the Precinct adolescent health, cancer, mental Together the Precinct Partners employ health strategy development, policy Partners and staff, as well as investors health and neurosciences, infectious around 28,000 people, including 10,000 and planning. Ultimately the team’s and biomedical organisations locally diseases, and healthy ageing. Both researchers researchers, and contribute around A$3.6 role is to drive better health and economic and globally. individually and collectively these organisations are globally recognised billion to Victoria’s gross regional product. outcomes. It does this in the context of Promotion existing Victorian Government policies for their innovation and outstanding The Office promotes the Precinct The impact of the Precinct goes and strategies. patient outcomes. The precinct contributes as a great opportunity for research beyond geographical boundaries with collaboration, investment They include the big hospitals, collaborations and impact extending and employment. universities and research institutes that to other universities, hospitals and research have fundamentally improved patient organisations locally and globally. A$3.6 billion outcomes in Australia and internationally. to Victoria’s gross regional product. The Melbourne Biomedical The Precinct Precinct Office Partners

Park St Barkly St

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Poplar Rd Melbourne Royal Pde Pigdon St

24 Garton St Manningham St Melbourne Zoo Biomedical Walker St Princes Royal Park Elliott Ave Park

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Melbourne Lygon St Flemington Rd Elliott Ave Drummond St General Rathdowne St Cemetery Canning St Nicholson St

C Brunswick St e St Georges Rd Royal Park South m e t e Victorian Comprehensive The National Ageing ry 01 The University of Melbourne 11 Rd Cancer Centre 21 Research Institute Princes St

Alexandra Pde 02 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 12 The Doherty Institute 22 Centre for Eye Research Australia 05 06

Flemington Rd Gatehouse St The Royal Melbourne

Park Dr Royal Pde 03 The Melbourne Brain Centre Bionics Institute Swanston St Hospital and Melbourne Health 13 23 10 Story St 01 Monash Institute of Macaulay St + Elgin St Canning St The Royal Women’s Hospital 16 02 13 + 08 04 14 Melbourne Bioinformatics 24 Pharmaceutical Science, Monash The University (the Women’s) 27 28 of Melbourne University (Parkville Campus) Abbotsford St Harker St Johnston St 04 25 + 03 Courtney St 19 05 The Royal Children’s Hospital 15 Biomedical Research Victoria 25 BioGrid Australia Arden 11 Grattan St Macaulay 26 + Barkly St Arden St 07 12 15 14 Carlton St The Murdoch Children’s The Bio21 Molecular Science Australian Genome 06 16 26 Pelham St Research Institute and Biotechnology Institute Research Facility Ltd B a r r y Wreckyn St

Dryburgh St S Queensberry St t Leicester St The Peter MacCallum Bouverie St Swanston St Cardigan St Lygon St 07 17 St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne 27 Francis Perry Private Hospital Elizabeth St Drummond St Cancer Centre Curzon St Rathdowne St Carlton Gardens

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Brunswick St The Florey Institute of St Vincent's Institute Victoria St Peel St 08 18 28 Melbourne Private Hospital K Smith St in Gertrude St Neuroscience and Mental Health of Medical Research g 18 S t

HawkeS St 17 Royal Victorian Eye p 09 CSIRO Parkville Dental Health Services Victoria e Spring St Ex 19 29 n Chetwynd St and Ear Hospital c e hi Victoria St Adderley St r S biti t 22 + 29 La Trobe St CSL Ltd (Poplar Road and Franklin St o 23 Baker Heart and n St 10 20 Orygen 30 nsdale St Albert St Bio21 Institute campuses) Diabetes Institute Dudley St Melbourne CBD Lo 30 Brunswick Rd Barkly St

Park St Barkly St

21 Brunswick Rd Poplar Rd Royal Park Park St 10 Golf Course 20

Oak St

Pigdon St

Poplar Rd Melbourne Royal Pde Pigdon St

24 Garton St Manningham St Melbourne Zoo Biomedical Walker St Princes Royal Park Elliott Ave Park

St Georges Rd Precinct Partners Royal 09 Park

The Avenue

Princes Park Dr Ma cArthu r Rd

Melbourne Lygon St Flemington Rd Elliott Ave Drummond St General Rathdowne St Cemetery Canning St Nicholson St

C Brunswick St e St Georges Rd Royal Park South m e t e Victorian Comprehensive The National Ageing ry 01 The University of Melbourne 11 Rd Cancer Centre 21 Research Institute Princes St

Alexandra Pde 02 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 12 The Doherty Institute 22 Centre for Eye Research Australia 05 06

Flemington Rd Gatehouse St The Royal Melbourne

Nicholson St

Victorian Comprehensive New device to get Alliance results Cancer Centre – world-leading people with paralysis demonstrate the success collaboration & facilities back on their feet of genomic medicine

The Victorian Comprehensive Melbourne medical researchers In total 39 academic scientists from Research continues to improve In 2016, the Alliance’s Demonstration a broad range of disciplines were our understanding of how Project, which provided genomic Cancer Centre (VCCC) is an have created a new minimally involved in its development. sequencing to 315 patients with one of alliance of 10 leading cancer invasive brain-machine changes in a person’s genes five medical conditions, found that when The new device is the size of a small influence their health, the doctors provide genomic sequencing organisations. interface, giving people with paperclip. Pre-clinical trial results published to patients within the healthcare system: spinal cord injuries new hope in Nature Biotechnology in February 2016 course of a disease and The VCCC’s new, purpose-built facilities to walk again with the power showed that the device was capable of its response to treatment. • at least six times more patients receive were opened in July 2016 by US Vice recording high-quality signals emitted a diagnosis President, Joe Biden, and the Premier of thought. from the brain’s motor cortex, without While genomic sequencing now enables • patients receive care tailored to of Victoria, Daniel Andrews. It includes a the need for open brain surgery. quicker and cheaper analysis of large their individual genetic make-up new home for the Peter MacCallum Cancer The brain machine interface consists of amounts of genetic information, there Centre as well as new facilities for cancer a stent-based electrode (stentrode), which With this new device, it is hoped to return remain challenges to delivering this in • patients can have fewer tests because research, education and clinical services. is implanted within a blood vessel next to function and mobility to patients with patient care. genomic data can be stored and analysed the brain, and records the type of neural complete paralysis by recording brain The facilities also link to Parkville again and again (one in 10 undiagnosed activity that has been shown in pre-clinical activity and converting the acquired The Melbourne Genomics Health campus partners the Royal Melbourne patients received a result this way, a trials to move limbs through an exoskeleton signals into electrical commands, which Alliance brings together 10 of Australia’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, number expected to increase as we learn or to control bionic limbs. in turn would lead to movement of the leading health, research and education more about the genome from researchers) Royal Women’s Hospital and the limbs through a mobility assist device like organisations to effectively integrate Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. The development of the stentrode an exoskeleton. In essence this a bionic genomics into healthcare by identifying Importantly, the study provides evidence brought together leaders in medical These world class facilities place many spinal cord. when and how genomics is used for that, for certain medical conditions one research from The Royal Melbourne of Victoria’s best and brightest cancer greatest benefit. The Alliance is a seamless, genomic test can replace a multitude of Hospital, The University of Melbourne It is anticipated that the stentrode device minds side by side, expediting advances in multidisciplinary effort, which supports other investigations – resulting in more and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience will be implanted in the first in-human trial cancer research, care and education for the health professionals to incorporate efficient healthcare spending. and Mental Health. at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. benefit of people with cancer, everywhere. sequencing into their practice. Patients can have their genome sequenced by Alliance partners: Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Alliance partners: The Peter MacCallum Cancer medical scientists; clinicians interpret Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Walter Melbourne, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, this information into better care and Eliza Hall Institute, the Royal Women’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, CSIRO, Hospital, the Royal Children’s Hospital, Western and treatments. Australian Genome Research Facility, Peter Health, St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne), MacCallum Cancer Centre, Austin Health Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and and Monash Health. Austin Health (incorporating the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre). Case studies: Collaboration in action

The Melbourne Biomedical There has been in excess of $3 billion • A contemporary new building to house invested in infrastructure across the the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Precinct is built on a spirit of Precinct over the last decade to ensure that Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences collaboration that has united we have world class facilities for patients • Establishment of the Doherty Institute and researchers. This includes: the Precinct Partners for more for Infection and Immunity than 150 years. Together they • The new Royal Women’s Hospital • The Bio21 partnership and multi- in the heart of the Precinct have established a reputation disciplinary research centre to as Australia’s – and one of the • The new, purpose built Royal Children’s translate biological discoveries world’s – leading biomedical Hospital including Murdoch Children’s into biotech outcomes Research Institute precincts across clinical care, • BioCurate – a joint venture between research and education. • The state of the art Victorian Monash University and the University Comprehensive Cancer Centre of Melbourne, supported by the State – for cancer research, treatment, to boost successful translation and care and education commercialisation of research • Expansion of the Walter and Eliza Hall The Victorian Government is also delivering Institute, Australia’s oldest medical the city-shaping Metro Tunnel project. Five research institute new rail stations will be built as part of the project, including a new Parkville Station in • A dedicated Melbourne Brain Centre, the heart of the Precinct giving easy access home to Australia's largest brain for students, staff, visitors and patients. research collaboration Development in the Precinct

The Melbourne Biomedical Precinct represents an outstanding opportunity for investment, employment and learning. We want to partner with people who share our vision to create better health outcomes for people all around the world, at every stage in their lives and tackle the big health challenges facing our world. If you are interested please contact us.

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