brisbane open house
Join TRI as part of Brisbane Open House, a free-of-charge event providing residents and visitors with the rare opportunity to discover the hidden wealth of architecture, engineering and history in buildings and places around Brisbane city. Designed by Wilson Architects + Donovan Hill and built by WATPAC, the Translational Research Institute is a 32,000 square metre building making it the largest medical research institute in the southern hemisphere.
Architectural and research focussed tours will take place over the weekend as well as ‘Lab-experience’ sessions allowing people to have an experience in a working lab.
Come along on Saturday 11 October and buy a sausage sandwich off Professor Ian Frazer, Australian of the Year 2006 and co-inventor of the cervical cancer vaccine (HPV) .
Register in the ballot for a tour of the TRI building as part of Brisbane Open House.
Sunday 12 October will also feature a Café Scientifique from 10.00am to 11.30am where experts will discuss the topic: Fighting Fat – the latest in the war on obesity.
For further information and to register to attend visit EventBrite