:: Welcome ::

Welcome to the Brain Research Institute (BRI), Melbourne, Australia.

On 1 July 2007, the Brain Research Institute, the Howard Florey Institute and the National Stroke Research Institute joined together to form the Florey Neuroscience Institutes (FNI). The three institutes have come together to share their expertise and collaborate in an environment of mutual trust and respect. The FNI research programs are aimed at developing ways to prevent, treat and potentially cure brain disorders. The individual entities remain, but the critical mass of skilled researchers working together heralds a new and exciting era for brain research.

At BRI we perform internationally competitive research to help understand the structure and function of the human brain. Our studies include both healthy people and those affected by injury and disease.

The Brain Research Institute installed the first 3 tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine in the southern hemisphere in 1999. In 2007 this was complemented by installation of an additional state-of-the-art 3 tesla scanner. In 2011 a third 3T scanner was installed in conjunction with our move into a new purpose-built research facility building: the Melbourne Brain Centre located on the campus of the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg. This facility is unique in Australia, with the scanners being 100% dedicated to research and education.

BRI scientists use this facility to perform world-leading clinical neuroscience research and technological development. Other neuroscience research groups, with important questions to address, can work in conjunction with experienced MRI development scientists to apply the new techniques to clinical areas such as epilepsy, stroke, brain trauma and mental health.

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