Neurosciences Victoria Ltd

section heading graphic   Overview

Neurosciences Victoria Ltd (NSV) is both a neuroscience research consortium and a specialist technology transfer and IP commercialisation enterprise.

NSV was formed in September 2000 by The University of Melbourne, Monash University, the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology & Medicine, and the National Stroke Research Institute. NSV is funded to develop and maintain neuroscience research infrastructure, brought together as the Australian National Neuroscience Facility, and to commercialise IP.

NSV supports Research Programs directed towards understanding the cause and improving diagnosis and treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Each program comprises a number of research projects judged to be of excellent merit according to scientific and commercialisation criteria. We are interested in commercial partners within broad program areas, including: Pain, Epilepsy, Stroke, Neurodegeneration, Neuroregeneration and Neuro-Protection, Glial and inflammatory disorders and Psychoses.

section heading graphic   Competitive Advantages/Technology

NSV’s Research Programs are underpinned by fully integrated infrastructure which is available for commercial research -

  • Cellular Neuro-physiology: electrophysiology at the single cell level.
  • Complex systems and integrative neuro-physiology: phenotyping, including brain histology, behaviour, physiology and pharmacology.
  • Clinical Neurosciences: co-ordinated clinical trials & epidemiology centres.
  • Neuro-imaging: PET; fMRI; MRSpec.
  • Informatics: software tools & techniques.
  • Proteomics/Genomics: gene and protein expression in neurological & neuropsychiatric conditions.
  • Neural tissue repository: human and animal tissue that is clinically and neuropathologically well-characterised.
Contact Person A/Prof. William Hart Neurosciences Victoria Logo
Job Title Chief Executive Officer
Address The Gatehouse
Vet Science Precinct,
2 Park Drive
City/Suburb Parkville
Victoria 3052 Australia
Email info@neurosciencesvic.com.au
Phone +61 3 8344 3600
Fax +61 3 8344 3832
Website Address www.neurosciencesvic.com.au

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