Case studies

From small businesses to large enterprises, companies all over the world are partnering with La Trobe to build capability and grow.

Hear how companies like yours found their success through collaborations, research and strategic partnerships with La Trobe.

Optus

Driving the digital future in research, teaching, workforce development and infrastructure.

Medibank

Building the health ecosystem and skilled workforce of the future to serve students, staff and the local community.

Cann Group

Leading the medicinal cannabis technology industry

Bunji

A personalised chatbot and app to help users manage anxiety and depression.

Imunexus

A home-grown biotech taking on the big medical challenges through novel therapies.

NORTHLink

A partnership to grow Melbourne’s booming northern suburbs.

Farm-scale Natural Capital Accounting project

The La Trobe research team putting the environmental value of Australian farms at the forefront.

Global Markets Accelerator

Global incubator program to help Australia startups take their business to the world.

HiveKeepers

Agtech startup in the honeybee business, supporting hobbyists and commercial producers with tech innovations.

Start-Up Central Victoria

Building entrepreneurial skills in regional Victoria.

Fishburners Hub

Fishburners: Connecting La Trobe’s talent pool with a thriving startup community.

Student paths to entrepreneurship

Placements and internships with leading innovation start-ups and founders.

Dorevitch Pathology

Partnering students with industry to gain invaluable practical experience to shape the future workforce.

Academic and Research Collaborative in Health

Building partnerships to better outcomes for patients and the healthcare system.

Cisco

Powering the digital future for industry and students.

Power in partnerships

Applying microbiology across world-issues.

The real world

Health science to help the community through biotech collaborations.

Vivazome

Connecting research, infrastructure and investors together.

AdAlta

Embedded biotech company developed unique class of antibodies to fight fibrotic diseases.

AlleSense

NanoMSlide – a microscope slide at nanoscale detecting cancer cells in patients.

Autism screening tool

Extremely accurate tool developed to identify austism in very young children.

The Australian Ballet

World-class sports and exercise medicine researchers to optimise dancer performance and health.

Research Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition

World class machine-learning helps solve industry problem.

An era of partnerships

Pairing agritech and biotech expertise with industry for real-world outcomes.

Australia Zoo

Promoting animal conservation through student experience programs.

Rural Aged Care

Research to understand the impact and potential of intergenerational care in rural Australia.

Sport industry partners

Long-term industry partners Carlton Football Club and Melbourne Rebels utilise world-class La Trobe Sports Park.

National Australia Bank (NAB)

Connecting NAB with a proactive and engaged student talent pool.

Australian American Leadership Dialogue

A mutually beneficial arrangement for a busy not-for-profit and students eager to learn.

Dried Fruits Australia

Ramping up robotic innovation to deliver precision grapevine pruning.

Mallee Regional Innovation Centre

A trusted partnership that’s helping grow innovation in the Mallee.

Gaia Project Australia

Gaia Project Australia’s efficient cultivation solution for control environment agriculture.

VAKA Health Foundation

How La Trobe’s accidental entrepreneur is improving healthcare in Africa.

SilVR Adventures

Six months after setting up SilVR Adventures, Colin Pudsey joined La Trobe’s Global Markets Accelerator Program and never looked back.

Agricultural BioSolutions Laboratory

What do crocodiles, honeybees, pigs, racing pigeons and abalone have in common? They’ve all been the focus of the Agricultural BioSolutions Laboratory’s hunt for novel answers to problems in the animal and livestock industries.

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