An Innovative Partnership Strengthens Immunology and Cancer Research
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An innovative research partnership has been established between Monash University and new Melbourne-based start up, oNKo-innate Pty Ltd.
The unique partnership sees oNKo-innate, co-founded by Professor Nicholas Huntington and Dr Jai Rautela, being based at the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI). The partnership strengthens immunology and cancer research at the BDI, with oNKo-innate developing novel approaches to immunotherapy using the expertise in Natural Killer (NK) cell biology.
This new model of partnership demonstrates Monash BDI’s vision of fostering an innovation-led research environment where discovery researchers are encouraged to partner with industry and establish their own start-ups.
Read the full article from Monash University News