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About the CY O’Connor Village Foundation:
The C Y O’Connor ERADE Village Foundation is a charitable organisation that
supports Education, Research and Development and Employment in Western Australia.
The Foundation provides the infrastructure, resources and funds to nurture and develop
innovative young researchers. The business incubators have been built with the support
of an AusIndustry grant funded by the federal Department of Industry, Tourism and
Resources. The Village has a multidisciplinary ethos while maintaining key areas
of research in Immunogenetics, Livestock Genetics, Evolutionary Biology and Renewable
Energy.
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COMPANY OVERVIEW:
C Y O’Connor ERADE Village Foundation seeks to harness the intellect of young
Australian postgraduates whilst maintaining extensive collaboration with leading
institutes overseas. Recently expanding into multidisciplinary science in fields
such as bioenergy, information technology, natural products, recycling and water,
the core technology is interrogation of genetic information. The aims include understanding
of human evolution in the context of disease including retroviruses, identification
of new genetic markers via genomic prospecting and development of diagnostic tests
for inherited traits in numerous species of medical and commercial interest such
as cattle, dogs, fish and invertebrates.
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PRODUCT / SERVICE INFORMATION:
The C Y O’Connor Education Research and Development Employment (ERADE) Village
Foundation is a charitable Foundation that conducts independent and sponsored research
and administers a federally funded technology incubator. The Foundation has available
low-cost two-storey R&D studios including accommodation if required, central
laboratory facilities, conference rooms, visitor accommodation and sophisticated
intranet with broadband connection. Fellowships are awarded to outstanding researchers
to assist them in commercialisation of their R&D. Industry and government funding
have established the Village as a multi-million dollar R&D and commercial centre
following a model that is being replicated at the Albany Research Institute.
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