Service Locations
Services available across various faculty locations.
| Equipment | Department | Location | Year | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histology | Biomedical Sciences Academic Centre | Medical building, level 2 | Laura Leone | Website: Biomedical Sciences Histology Facility |
Histopathology & Organ Pathology Service (HOPS) | Anatomy & Neuroscience | Medical building, level 2 E236 | Tina Cardamone, | Features: Full mouse histopathology examination, specialised animal pathology, digital histological slide imaging. |
| Tissue culture | Anatomy & Neuroscience | Medical building | Richard Anderson | Website: A&N tissue culture Access: Fee-for-service |
| Small animal MRI facility | Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health | Florey Institue | Dr Alan Connelly Ph: 9035 7002 | Features: 4.7 Tesla MRI Website: Small animal MRI facility Access: Collaborative agreements (subsidised scanning costs) and fee-for-service. |
| Integrative Neuroscience Facility | National Neuroscience Facility | Florey Institute | Features: The INF provides behavioural, anatomical, physiological and pharmacological assessments of animal models for neurobiological and psychological research and pre-clinical drug testing for industry. Website: INF Access: Fee-for-service | |
| Australian Genome Research Facility | The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | WEHI, level 7 | Matt Tinning | Features: DNA sequencing, genotyping, microarrays, agricultural genomic services, colony picking/gridding, SNP analysis bioinformatics. Website: AGRF Access: Fee-for-service |
| MBC Flow Cytometry Facility | Melbourne Brain Centre | Vanta Jameson, MBC Flow Cytometry Facility manager Ph) 9035 8536 | Equipment: The MBC Flow Cytometry Facility has a technician-operated 5-laser Becton Dickinson FACSAria III sorter and a DIY 3-laser Beckman Coutler CyAn ADP analyser. A high-throughput, 2-laser Beckman Coulter HyperCyt is available off-site at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Also available are an epMotion liquid handling robot and a ViiA7 QRT PCR machine. | |
| MRI computational facility | Centre for Neuroscience | E&EE, NICTA room | Neil Killeen | Access: By arrangement with Neil Killeen. |
| Metabolomics | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Bio21 | Website: metabolomics | |
| Media Preparation Unit | Microbiology and Immunology | Microbiology and Immunology, building 184, room 5.21 | Elena Paraskeva/ Paula Mitchell Ph. 8344 5414/8344 3881 | Features: Extensive range of Bacteriological and Tissue Culture Media made to NATA (Biological) Certification specifications fully quality controlled. |
| DMI Flow Cytometry Facility | Microbiology and Immunology | Microbiology and Immunology, building 184, room 409 | Tina Luke / Angela Hind Ph. 9344 9937 | Features: Cell Analysers: Becton Dickinson FACS Caliburs, Canto's LSR11, Fortessa. Cell Sorters: Becton Dickinson FACSAria, Beckman Coulter Atrios. |