Garvan Institute of Medical Research

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Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Founder(s)	Sisters of Charity
Established	1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Mission	Medical research
Director	Professor Benjamin Kile[1]
Faculty	University of New South Wales
Adjunct faculty	St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Staff	approx. 750
Location	Victoria Street, Darlinghurst , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Website	www.garvan.org.au

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an Australian biomedical research institute located in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Charity as a research department of St Vincent's Hospital, it is now one of Australia's largest medical research institutions, with approximately 750 scientists, students and support staff.

In 2014, the institute became one of only three organisations in the world – and the only one outside the United States^[2] – able to sequence the human genome at a base cost below US$1,000 each (the $1,000 genome) when it purchased the next generation of genome-sequencing equipment, which is capable of sequencing 350 genomes a week (18,000 a year).^[3]