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| Founder(s) | Sisters of Charity |
|---|---|
| Established | 1963 |
| Mission | Medical research |
| Director | Professor Benjamin Kile[1] |
| Faculty | University of New South Wales |
| Adjunct faculty | St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney |
| Staff | approx. 750 |
| Location | Victoria Street, Darlinghurst , , , Australia |
| Website | www.garvan.org.au |
The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an Australian biomedical research institute located in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Charity as a research department of St Vincent's Hospital, it is now one of Australia's largest medical research institutions, with approximately 750 scientists, students and support staff.
In 2014, the institute became one of only three organisations in the world – and the only one outside the United States[2] – able to sequence the human genome at a base cost below US$1,000 each (the $1,000 genome) when it purchased the next generation of genome-sequencing equipment, which is capable of sequencing 350 genomes a week (18,000 a year).[3]
