The Institute has made significant investments in platform technology, creating critical mass in the areas of mass spectrometry, electron and optical microscopy, and metabolomics. These key technologies provide powerful and versatile applications for the research conducted by our engineers, chemists, biologists, dental scientists, geneticists and pathologists.
Platforms
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Ian Holmes Imaging Centre
The Ian Holmes Imaging Centre makes available state-of-the-art electron microscopes to students and staff of the University of Melbourne, as well as the wider community.
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Metabolomics Australia
Providing customised service for small molecule analysis for life science researchers.
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Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics
Providing academic and industry researchers access to specialist mass spectrometry and proteomic equipment and expertise.
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Melbourne Protein Characterisation
State-of-the-art instruments for the biophysical characterisation of proteins and other macromolecules, including their structure and interactions.
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Melbourne Magnetic Resonance
Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy determines the structures of molecules ranging from small chemicals to macromolecular proteins and nucleic acids. It is useful for the analysis of proteins that cannot be crystallised and for investigating interactions between proteins, biological membranes and ligands, including potential new drugs.
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Systems and Computational Biology
This team provides specialist computing services to the Institute's management and core platform-technology facilities. They manage institute-wide computing infrastructures and services and coordinate with central IT services to provide support to all Bio21 members.