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Sugar proficiency by mass spectrometry. Photo: Paul Haynes

Analysing sugar proficiency by mass spectrometry
Photo: Paul Haynes

Australian Proteome Analysis Facility

The Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF) at Macquarie University has provided advanced proteomic infrastructure and expertise for Australian researchers since 1995. APAF was the birthplace of the term 'proteomics', and was the world's first dedicated high-throughput proteomics laboratory.

APAF offers proteomics services and collaboration in:

  • mass spectrometry
  • analytical protein chemistry
  • protein arrays
  • bioinformatics

Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre

The Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre's (EBCRC) Microbial Detection and Control Program is aimed at developing a portable device for field environmental monitoring.

Microbiology and engineering experts work closely to create microbial detection technologies that are highly sensitive, easy to use, inexpensive and give rapid results. They will have the potential for immediate use in environmental microbial monitoring. The low-cost, simple platform could be adapted to a broad range of applications.

The Macquarie team is developing and analysing novel methods of real-time detection of multiple pathogens in water, using isothermal amplification and sophisticated methods for selectively concentrating pathogens in environmental samples for use in the diagnostic tool.

The Ramaciotti Gene Function Analysis Centre

Macquarie is a foundation member of this Consortium which is based at the University of New South Wales with some facilities at the other Universities and Research Institutes.  Microarray analysis and Sanger sequencing (ABI capillary sequencing) and next generation sequencing (Roche 454, SOLiD and Illumina) are based mainly at UNSW. The Equipment list on the link shows the distribution of Ramaciotti equipment and whom to contact regarding specific items.

Some proteomics, robotic liquid handling equipment, a flow cytomer and a microarray reader are located in the Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre as part of this Consortium.

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