Location & Facilities
About CAMBIA
Location
CAMBIA is located in a self-contained building with fully equipped lab, on the Black Mountain research campus of the CSIRO and across the street from the campus of the Australian National University. CAMBIA has many interactions with ANU faculty in the Research School of Biological Sciences, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Research School of Social Sciences, and the John Curtin School of Medical Research. CAMBIA's glasshouse facilities are also located on the ANU campus.
CAMBIA is only a short walk from Lake Burley Griffin and directly adjacent to the Australian National Botanical Gardens and the Black Mountain Nature Preserve, with walking and running trails and bicycle paths. King parrots, rosellas, cockatoos and other beautiful birds are routinely found around the building, and other wildlife, including kangaroos, wombats and echidnas, can be seen from the lab and offices.
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Facilities & Expertise
The facilities include about 1500m2 of laboratory, plant growth rooms and office space, a library, together with a lecture theatre seating 100 people. CAMBIA licenses the building from CSIRO. Contained within this space is expertise from the three intersecting fields of IT, IP and science.
- Well-established and expanding research programs centred around open innovation in the life sciences, employing about 25 staff, including post-graduate students and visiting researchers.
- One of the world's largest and most comprehensive full-text searchable patent databases, including full texts of PCT, European and US patents relevant to the life sciences.
- An internationally recognized in-house IP group to support new outcomes from research conducted by CAMBIA with a goal of providing analysis of Freedom to Innovate and Freedom to Cooperate.
- Years of experience in the patent portfolio development and licensing of intellectual property practiced in over 50 companies and hundreds of research institutions worldwide.
- International credibility in biotechnology, innovation and intellectual property policy, through advice and consultancy services to United Nations specialised agencies and conventions and other international bodies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Formal linkages through Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with numerous international research organizations including the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
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