QIMR fast facts

• Established in 1945 by an Act of Queensland State Parliament
• Six Research Departments, and three Research Programs
  
• 50 laboratories
• Not-for-profit organisation

QIMR's researchers

• Five Australian Academy of Science (AAS) Fellows
  
• Two NHMRC Australia Fellows
  
• In July 2010, QIMR had 588 full-time staff and 99 students
  
• For financial year 2009-2010, QIMR researchers published 390 scientific articles
  

Each year QIMR uses:

• 225,000 centrifuge tubes
  
• 40,000 cell culture flasks
  
• 36,000 petri dishes
  
• 4,250 litres of ethanol