AIMS @ JCU

AIMS @ JCU (James Cook University) brings together two of Australia’s leading tropical marine science research organisations in a formal research partnership. While AIMS and JCU have a long history of collaboration, the formal partnership furthers the development of Townsville as a centre of excellence for research, education and teaching in marine science.

The joint venture brings together the largest concentration of tropical marine scientists in the world, with improved access to infrastructure at both institutions leading to new research collaborations.

Initial funding of $3.9 million has allowed the establishment of an active graduate and postgraduate program, with students acting as a direct link between the partners. Combining funding and expertise has enabled collective research activities that could not have undertaken individually.

The collaboration has resulted in: an upgrade of seawater facilities at AIMS and JCU in support of tropical aquaculture projects, a state-of-the-art controlled environment aquarium facility and a fibre-optic communication link between the AIMS and JCU facilitating ‘virtual’ in-lab collaboration, enabling transfer of large data sets and improving interactive relationships with other universities and research partners.

AIMS @ JCU scholars work alongside AIMS scientists primarily in tropical aquaculture, coastal processes, and modelling and stress in tropical marine systems.

AIMS @ JCU web site

November 28, 2007