International
The Maurice Wilkins Centre has taken a lead in developing scientific links with other countries, notably in Asia. Activities like these require long-term vision and commitment of resources, and the ability to work across New Zealand's institutions – attributes of Centres of Research Excellence that are of increasing value to the country.
The Centre also contributes to, and benefits from, an extensive network of national and international collaborations built by our investigators over a number of years. Research supported by the Centre has strengthened many of these existing links and helped to establish new collaborations.
Networking with countries
Asia Region
The Centre is building links across the Asia region, including with major industrial capitals. As a national Centre of Research Excellence it provides international scientists with a single “shop window” for New Zealand expertise in areas such as immunology and drug discovery – fields in which we have particular strength – and in turn enables local scientists to access the international arena.
China
The Centre is building strategic links with China in biomedical science, at the institute, region and state level. This was a particular focus in 2012 and culminated that year with an official visit by State Councillor LIU Yandong, now a Vice-Premier of the People’s Republic of China. In 2018, the Centre hosted another official visit by the Party Secretary of Guangdong Province, His Excellency LI Xi and other high level dignitaries.
Since 2012, the strong relationship has included reciprocal scientific delegations, visits by national and provincial leaders from China, and other Chinese government representatives.
NETWORKING WITH INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD
North America
- AbbVie (USA)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (USA)
- American Heart Association (USA)
- Arizona State University (USA)
- Arkansas State University (USA)
- Binghamton University (USA)
- British Columbia Cancer Agency (Canada)
- Brown University (USA)
- Cedars-Sinai Hospital (USA)
- Cleveland Clinic (USA)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (USA)
- Colorado State University (USA)
- Columbia University (USA)
- Connecticut College (USA)
- Cornell University (USA)
- Dartmouth College (USA)
- Emory University (USA)
- Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech (USA)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
- Georgia State University (USA)
- Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (USA)
- Hackensack Meridian Health Centre for Discovery and Innovation (USA)
- Harvard University (USA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (Canada)
- Hudson Institute (USA)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (USA)
- Indiana University (USA)
- Johns Hopkins University (USA)
- Kent State University (USA)
- La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (USA)
- Lawson Health Research Institute (Canada)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
- Mayo Clinic Arizona (USA)
- McGill University (Canada)
- Mercer University (USA)
- Michigan State University (USA)
- Moffitt Cancer Center (USA)
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (Canada)
- National Institutes of Health (USA)
- New York University (USA)
- Penn State University (USA)
- Phoenix Children's Hospital (USA)
- Queen's University (Canada)
- Rice University (USA)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (USA)
- Rockefeller University (USA)
- Rutgers University (USA)
- Sanford Burnham Institute of Medical Research (USA)
- Space Foundry Ltd (USA)
- St Jude Children's research Hospital (USA)
- Stanford University (USA)
- Stevens Institute of Technology (USA)
- Stony Brook University (USA)
- Temple University (USA)
- Texas A&M University (USA)
- University Laval (Canada)
- University of Alabama (USA)
- University of Arizona (USA)
- University of British Columbia (Canada)
- University of California Riverside (USA)
- University of California, Davis (USA)
- University of California, Irvine (USA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
- University of California, San Diego (USA)
- University of Chicago (USA)
- University of Colorado (USA)
- University of Connecticut (USA)
- University of Georgia (USA)
- University of Guelph (Canada)
- University of Houston (USA)
- University of Illinois, Chicago (USA)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA)
- University of Iowa (USA)
- University of Kentucky (USA)
- University of Maryland (USA)
- University of Miami (USA)
- University of Michigan (USA)
- University of Minnesota (USA)
- University of Missouri (USA)
- University of Montreal (Canada)
- University of North Carolina (USA)
- University of Oklahoma (USA)
- University of Ottawa (Canada)
- University of Pennsylvania (USA)
- University of Pittsburgh (USA)
- University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
- University of Southern California (USA)
- University of Texas (USA)
- University of Texas (USA)
- University of Texas South Western (USA)
- University of Toronto (Canada)
- University of Utah (USA)
- University of Victoria (Canada)
- University of Western Ontario (Canada)
- University of Wisconsin (USA)
- Vanderbilt University (USA)
- Wadsworth Center (USA)
- Wake Forest University (USA)
- Washington University (USA)
- Weill Cornell Medical College (USA)
- Winona State University (USA)
- Yale University (USA)
- York University (Canada)
United Kingdom and Europe
- Birckbeck, University of London (UK)
- Braunschweig University of Technology (Germany)
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (Switzerland)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin (Germany)
- Claude Bernard University (France)
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies (France)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (Denmark)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic)
- deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (UK)
- Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)
- Dresden University (Germany)
- Durham University (UK)
- École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Switzerland)
- Eurogout (Switzerland)
- European Spallation Source (Sweden)
- Fondatione Bruno Kessler (Italy)
- Free University of Berlin (Germany)
- Guy's Hospital (UK)
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
- Imperial College London (UK)
- Institut national de la recherche agronomique (France)
- Jacobs University (Germany)
- Justus-Liebig University Giessen (Germany)
- Kanazawa University (Japan)
- Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
- Keele University (UK)
- Kerckhoff Klinik (Germany)
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK)
- Lund University (Sweden)
- Max Planck Institute (Germany)
- Medical University of Innsbruck (Austria)
- Medical University of Vienna (Austria)
- Micalis Institute (France)
- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (UK)
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
- Oslo University Hospital (Norway)
- Paris VI (France)
- Queen Mary University of London (UK)
- Radboud University (Netherlands)
- Research Institutes of Sweden (Sweden)
- Rice University (USA)
- Roche Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland (Switzerland)
- RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
- Technical University of Dortmund (Germany)
- The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers (Germany)
- UK Research and Innovation (UK)
- Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
- Universität des Saarlandes (Germany)
- Université de Montpellier (France)
- Université de Picardie Jules Verne (France)
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)
- University College Dublin (Ireland)
- University College London (UK)
- University Hospital Zurich (Switzerland)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) (Germany)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (Netherlands)
- University of Aberdeen (UK)
- University of Antwerp (Belgium)
- University of Bath (UK)
- University of Bergen (Norway)
- University of Birmingham (UK)
- University of Bristol (UK)
- University of Cambridge (UK)
- University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
- University of Dundee (UK)
- University of East Anglia (UK)
- University of Eastern Finland (Finland)
- University of Edinburgh (UK)
- University of Exeter (UK)
- University of Freiburg (Germany)
- University of Ghent (Belgium)
- University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
- University of Graz (Austria)
- University of Hamburg (Germany)
- University of Hannover (Germany)
- University of Leeds (UK)
- University of Lille (France)
- University of Lincoln (UK)
- University of Liverpool (UK)
- University of Lyon (France)
- University of Maastricht (Netherlands)
- University of Manchester (UK)
- University of Namur (Belgium)
- University of Nottingham (UK)
- University of Oslo (Norway)
- University of Oxford (UK)
- University of Paris-Sud (France)
- University of Reading (UK)
- University of Southampton (UK)
- University of Strasbourg (France)
- University of Vienna (Austria)
- University of Warwick (UK)
- University of Würzburg (Germany)
- University of Zurich (Switzerland)
- Uppsala University (Sweden)
- Utrecht University (Netherlands)
- Vaccine Formulation Institute (Switzerland)
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research (Belgium)
- Vilnius University (Lithuania)
Asia Pacific
- A*Star (Singapore)
- Australian National University (Australia)
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (Australia)
- Centre for Cancer Biology (Australia)
- Children’s Medical Research Institute (Australia)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- City University Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea)
- Edith Cowan University (Australia)
- Flinders University (Australia)
- Fudan University (China)
- Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China)
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Australia)
- Griffith University (Australia)
- Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health (China)
- Harbin Medical University (China)
- Hokkaido University Hospital (Japan)
- Indian Institute of Science (India)
- Indian Statistical Institute (India)
- Institute of Medical Biology (Singapore)
- Jinan University (China)
- John Curtin School of Medical Research (Australia)
- Kanazawa University (Japan)
- Keio University (Japan)
- Konan University (Japan)
- Kyushu University (Japan)
- La Trobe University (Australia)
- Macquarie University (Australia)
- Menzies Institute for Health Research (Australia)
- Ministry of Health and Sports (Myanmar)
- Monash University (Australia)
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (Australia)
- Nagasaki University (Japan)
- Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
- National Center for Protein Sciences (China)
- National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)
- National Defence Medical College (Japan)
- National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
- National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) (Malaysia)
- National University of Singapore (Singapore)
- Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology (Japan)
- Peking University (China)
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Australia)
- Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (South Korea)
- Pondicherry University (India)
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (Australia)
- Qingdao University (China)
- Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
- RIKEN Institute (Japan)
- Samoa Cancer Society (Samoa)
- Seoul National University (South Korea)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
- Shenzhen University (China)
- Shiv Nadar University (India)
- Telethon Kids Institute (Australia)
- The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Australia)
- Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
- Tottori University (Japan)
- Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
- Universitas Padjadjaran (Indonesia)
- University of Adelaide (Australia)
- University of Guam (Guam)
- University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- University of Malaya (Malaysia)
- University of Melbourne (Australia)
- University of New South Wales (Australia)
- University of Newcastle (Australia)
- University of Papau New Guinea (Papau New Guinea)
- University of Queensland (Australia)
- University of Sarghoda (Pakistan)
- University of Sydney (Australia)
- University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
- University of Tokyo (Japan)
- University of Wollongong (Australia)
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Australia)
- Xinjiang University (China)
- Yamasaki University (Japan)
- Zhejiang University (China)
Africa
- University of ZwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
South America
- Federal University of Minas Gergais (Brazil)
- Federal University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (Argentina)
Additional Regions
- Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)
- Novosibirsk State University (Russia)
- Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)