The state government is announcing to the end

Science and IT  minister Alistair Henskens, points to $6m for university-led projects “to accelerate the scale-up and investment of synthetic biology and biomanufacturing products.”

Macquarie U has an unspecified amount for the Australian Genome Foundry, which will, “support product validation and earlier market entry.”

And Uni Sydney, UNSW and Children’s MRI will use whatever their undisclosed share is to develop human cell models (organoids), “to shorten the time between drug discovery and its use as a treatment,” (scroll down for the consortium’s academic lead).

The announcement is the outgoing government’s third in three weeks or so for universities and research (CMM February 9 and 23). Caretaker starts tomorrow.