GIH nominated for the 2021 UQ Award for Excellence

28 Oct 2021

The GIH team is proud to be nominated for the 2021 UQ Awards for Excellence!



On the 22nd October, we celebrated the outstanding work of staff working at all levels across the University at an official ceremony at the UQ Centre. The UQ Awards for Excellence celebrate UQ achievements over the past year, acknowledging the outstanding contributions, innovative work and exemplary leadership demonstrated by staff at UQ. We congratulate all the 400+ staff associated with nominations for the 2021 UQ Award for Excellence!

We've had a great year working with all our colleagues including everyone within our collaborative projects and would like to thank our nominators, supporters and researchers for contributing to our success!

Below is our offical nomination for the award:


Genome Innovation Hub (GIH)

Genome Innovation Hub (GIH) was established to develop innovative approaches and technologies in structural and functional genome analysis. GIH has 8 staff members that are coordinating and participating in 24 active research collaborations with >109 researchers from 18 collaborative UQ units that include 7 Institutes, 4 Schools and 7 Centres. Since its launch in 2019, GIH has completed 5 research projects and contributed to UQ through research publication, development of software packages and innovative technical protocols and multiple instructive and informative webinars and workshops. GIH has also engaged the wider research community via GIH website, newsletter, and social media. 


Visit the Staff Awards webpage to find out about the fantastic efforts of all everyone nominated, commended and the chosen awardees. 

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