Technology

This page contains a listing of facilities, resources and services that are available, by negotiation with the named contacts, to members of the research community of the faculty encompassing all its departments and schools. If you would like to have your equipment listed, please email m.ward[@]unimelb.edu.au.

Services	Centrifuges	Flow Cytometry	Protein / Tissue Work
Imaging	Counters	DNA Platforms	HPLC / GC / Mass Spectrometers / NMPs
Fluorimeters	Microscopes	Miscellaneous	HPLC / GC / Mass Spectrometers / NMPs

Services

Service	Department	Location	Contact	Notes
Histology	Biomedical Sciences Academic Centre	Medical building, level 2	Laura Leon	Website: Biomedical Sciences Histology Facility Access: Fee-for-service.
Australian Phenomics Network	Anatomy & Cell Biology	Medical building, level 2	Tina Cardamone, John Furness, email enquiries	Features: Full mouse histopathology examination, specialised animal pathology, digital histological slide imaging, see www.apn-histopathology.unimelb.edu.au for full list of services, charges and access. Website: APN Histopathology Access: Fee-for-service
Tissue culture	Anatomy & Cell Biology	Medical building,	Richard Anderson	Website: A&CB tissue culture Access: Fee-for-service
Applied genetic diagnostics	Pathology	Medical building, room W634	Tiffany Cowie, Voula Kanellakis	Features: DNA sequencing and fragment/genotype analysis Website: Applied genetic diagnostics Access: Fee-for-service
Electron microscopy facility	Pathology	Medical building, level 2, Pathology wing	Anna Friedhuber	Features: Transmission or scanning electron microscopy. Technical assistance, training and professional advice available. Website: Electon microscopy Access: Fee-for-service
Small animal MRI facility	Florey Neuroscience Institutes	FNI	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	FNI		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
Australian Genome Research Facility	The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	WEHI	Stephen Wilcox See website

Centrifuges

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
Sorvall and Beckman centrifuges	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21	1982 to 2002	Andrew Hill, Paul Gooley, Geoffrey Howlett	Features: Sorvall models: CS-6R, RC-5C. Beckman models: Avanti, L8-80, XL-100K, XLA, XLI.
Ultracentrifuges	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21	1991 to 2006	Malcolm McConville, Geoffrey Howlett	Features: Models are Micro Ultra optima and Beckman Optima TL 100.
Sorvall and Beckman superspeed centrifuges	Microbiology & Immunology	Building 184, Room 2.02	2002	Jane Howard	Website: M&I Centrifuges Features: Sorvall rotors: GS3, SLA 3000, GSA, SS34. Beckman rotors: JLA 16.250, JA 25.50. Access: Booking required.
Beckman Optima L-100 XL ultracentrifuge	Microbiology & Immunology	Building 184, Room 2.02	2002	Jane Howard	Features: SW-32 Ti rotor set. Access: Booking required
Centrifuge optima XL-90	Medicine – AH/NH	Room 7.23, Austin Hospital	Pre 2003	Susan Hisheh	Access: By arrangement with Susan Hisheh.
Avanti J-30 Centrifuge	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	2005	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Ultra Centrifuge Optima XL-90	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	1993	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
High Speed Centrifuge Avanti J-251	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	2003	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Beckman centrifuge	Surgery – RMH	L5, Clinical Sciences Building, RMH	1990	Peter Lock
Hitachi preparative ultracentrifuge	Surgery – SVH	BOBIM, St Vincent’s Hospital	2006	Alan Woods ph: 92884018	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.
Refrigerated Universal Centrifuge	Pathology	Medical Building, Level 5	2007	Vicki Lawson

Flow cytometry

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
FACSCalibur benchtop analysers	Microbiology & Immunology	Building 184, Room 409	2003	Ken Field	Website: M&I FACSCalibur Features: 488nm & 635nm excitation, 4 fluorescence detectors, CELLQuest PRO software. Access: Fee-for-service
LSRII benchtop analyser	Microbiology & Immunology	Building 184, Room 409	2003	Ken Field	Website: M&I LSRII analyser Features: 488nm & 633nm excitation, 6 fluorescence detectors, DiVa 4.1 digital software Access: Fee-for-service
MoFlo cell sorter	Microbiology & Immunology	Building 184, Room 409	2002	Ken Field	Website: M&I MoFlo Features: 488nm & 635nm excitation, 4 fluorescence detectors, CELLQuest PRO software. Access: Fee-for-service
FACSAria cell sorter	Microbiology & Immunology	Building 184, Room 409	2004	Ken Field	Website: M&I FACSAria Features: 488nm & 633nm excitation, 7 fluorescence detectors, 2 and 4 way bulk sorting / single cell, DiVa 4.1 digital software. Access: Fee-for-service
DAKO flow cytometer	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21		Tony Purcell	Access: By arrangement with Tony Purcell.
Automacs magnetic cell sorter	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21	2006	Ian van Driel	Access: By arrangement with Ian van Driel.
BD FACSCanto Flow Cytometer	Surgery – AH/NH	Kronheimer Building, Austin Hospital	2006	Mauro Sandrin	Features: Dual laser, 6 colour configuration Access: Training required, fee-for-service by negotiation.
FACS Calibur bench top flow cytometer	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	1996	Dean Hewish	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Cell sorter FACS Vantage	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	1999	Dean Hewish	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Agilent 2100 bioanalyzer	Medicine - SVH	Room 306, L3 Clinical Sciences Building, St Vincent's Hospital	2004	Renae Gow ph: 92882577	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.
FC 500 Flow Cytometer	Dental Science	6th floor, Dental Science	2004	Neil O'Brien-Simpson	Features: Uses fluorescently labelled antibodies to determine the phenotype of a cell population. It does not sort cells. Access: Contact Neil O'Brien-Simpson.

Microscopes

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
Confocal microscopes	Anatomy & Cell Biology	Medical building, room E201		Heather Young, Annette Bergner	Website: A&CB confocal Access: Fee-for-service, bookings required, training required.
Confocal microscope	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21	2004	Fiona Houghton	Website: http://www.biochemistry.unimelb.edu.au/confocal/use-confocal.html Access: Fee-for-service, bookings required, training required.
Axiovert 25 C FL Microscope	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	2003	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service, training required.
Axioskop2 MOT + Microscope	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	2003	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service, training required.
Olympus fluorescent microscope	Pharmacology	Medical building, romm W812	2003	Elizabeth Tudor	Access: Training required. Booking sheet and log book must be filled in.
PALM laser capture microscope	Anatomy and Cell Biology	Medical Building, Room E201	2008	Colin Anderson	Features: Laser capture microdissection (LCMD) allows you to capture single cells or sections of cells and then analyse them using the normal nucleic acid and protein analysis methods. Also incorporates laser tweezers for manipulation of living cells and small particles. Access: Fee-for-service, bookings required, training required.
Zeiss multiphoton microscope	Physiology	Medical building, room N507A	2005	David Williams	Access: By arrangement with David Williams and other members in conglomerate. Fee-for-service.
Aperio Scan Scope Cs Virtual Microscope	Medicine – SVH	Room 413, L4, Clinical Sciences Building, St Vincent's Hospital	2006	Michael Zhang ph: 92882601	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application
2-Photon and Confocal Microscopy	Microbiology & Immunology		2009	William Heath and Scott Mueller

Imaging

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
TYPHOON system	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21	2006	Andrew Hill
Fuji LAS3000 Gel documentation system	Centre for Neuroscience	Medical building, room W710		Ann Turnley	Features: ECL, SYBR green and white light digital imaging. No Ethidium bromide gels. Access: Training required before use.
Prodigy bone densitometry machine	Clinical & Biomedical Sciences	Barwon Health, Geelong	2004	Viraj Naidu
MicroCT scanner - animal	Medicine – AH/NH	Austin Hospital	2006	Susan Hisheh	Features: In vivo imaging of small animals. Access: By arrangement with Susan Hisheh.
MicroCT scanner – human	Medicine – AH/NH	Repatriation Hospital	2006	Susan Hisheh	Features: In vivo imaging of humans. Access: By arrangement with Susan Hisheh.
Phosphorimager and chemiluminescence imaging and detection system	Medicine – AH/NH	Level 10 main lab, Austin Hospital	2003	Susan Hisheh	Access: By arrangement with Susan Hisheh.
Live cell imaging	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	2006	Damian Myers	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
DEXA-scanner bone densitometers	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	1997, 2006	Sue Kantor ph: 93427027	Features: Models 1000 and 4500. 2D scanning of axial skeleton. Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
PQCT bone densitometer x2	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	2003	Sue Kantor ph: 93427027	Features: PQCT = Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography. 3D scanning of peripheral skeleton. Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Phospho imager	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	1996	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Gel Doc 2000 UV fluorescent	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	1999	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Kodak electrophoresis system 120	Microbiology & Immunology	Building 184, room 4.03	2006	Robins-Browne laboratory x49926	Website: Kodak electrophoresis Note: Ethidium bromide contamination.
Syngene GBOX HR	Microbiology & Immunology	Building 184, room 4.06		Robins-Browne laboratory x49926	Website: M&I Syngene Box Note: SYBR safe stained gels only.
Chemiluminescence detection	Pathology	Medical building, room W541	2003	Qiao-Xin Li, Genevieve Evin	Access: By arrangement through Dr Xiao-Xin Li or Dr Genevieve Evin Features: Digital detection for Western blots.
Intracellular calcium imaging	Pharmacology	Medical building, room W817	2005	James Ziogas	Access: Training required.

Counters

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
Packard Tri-carb 2100tr scintillation counter	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21	1997	Malcolm McConville
Beta Counter LS6500	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	2000	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Scintillation counters	Pharmacology	Medical building, room W824	Pre 2002	Trudy Harris, Victor Iwanov	Features: 2 beta counters, 1 gamma counter. Access: Training required.

DNA Platforms

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
Rotorgene 6000	Medicine – AH/NH	Research Centre, Northern Hospital	2007	Susan Hisheh	Features: 2-plex and HRM Access: By arrangement with Susan Hisheh.
PCR real time system 7500	Medicine – AH/NH	Northern Hospital	2004	Susan Hisheh	Access: By arrangement with Susan Hisheh.
Scanarrray Lite	Medicine – AH/NH	Northern Hospital	2004	Susan Hisheh	Features: Two-color microarray analysis system. Access: By arrangement with Susan Hisheh.
Microarray scanner	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	2003	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Real time PCR machine	Medicine – RMH/WH	RMH	2005	Lorraine Parker	Access: Fee-for-service and training required.
Real time sequence detection system	Medicine – SVH	Room 307, Clinical Sciences Building, St Vincent's Hospital	2002	Renae Gow, ph: 92882577	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.
Corbett Xtractor	Pathology	Medical building, room W622	2004	Melissa Southey	Features: RNA and DNA extraction system. Access: By arrangement through Christopher Schroen.
Corbett CAS 1200 and CAS 4800	Pathology	Medical building, room W622	2003, 2004	Melissa Southey	Features: Liquid handling. Access: By arrangement through Fleur Hammet.
RotoGene 6000	Pathology	Medical building, room W629	2007	Melissa Southey	Features: Real time PCR and HRM curve analysis. Access: By arrangement through Melissa Southey
GeneAmp PCR system 9700	Pathology	Medical building, room W629	2008	Melissa Southey	Features: PCR. Access: By arrangement through Melissa Southey/Fleur Hammet
ABI Prism 7900 HT real-time PCR platform	Pharmacology	Medical building, room WN814	2006	Steve Bozinovski	Access: On a collaborative basis with Pharmaocology. Training required.
Amersham Pharmacia/Molecular Dynamics 1000 DNA sequencer analyser "Megabase"	Physiology	Medical building, room N326	2003	Angela Lamantia	Access: On a collaborative project basis with Steve Harrap.

Protein / Tissue Work

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
New Brunswick Modified Bioflo 110 Modular Benchtop Fermentor (chemostat)	Dental Science	6th floor, Dental Science	2002	Stuart Dashper	Features: Continuous culture of bacteria, especially useful for fastidious species. Access: By arrangement with Stuart Dashper Training required.
Biacore 3000 system	Dental Science	6th floor, Dental Science	2003	Neil O'Brien-Simpson	Features: Analyses interations between a ligand and analyte and can determine the strength of that interation. Access: By arrangement with Neil O’Brien-Simpson
AID Elispot Reader System	Dental Science	6th floor, Dental Science	2005	Neil O’Brien-Simpson	Features: Counts spots on membrane filters which have been used in ELISPOT assays. Access: By arrangement with Neil O’Brien-Simpson
Bio-plex system	Dental Science	6th floor, Dental Science	2006	Neil O’Brien-Simpson	Features: Uses fluorescently labelled beads to determine the concentration of analystes in solution. Kits are available for cytokine assays from BioRad and Linco. Access: By arrangement with Neil O’Brien-Simpson
Peptide synthesiser	Microbiology & Immunology	Microbiology building	2003	Tony Purcell, David Jackson	Access: Constant supervision required due to lab security. Contact Tony Purcell or David Jackson for access.
DAKO Autostainer	Pathology	Medical building, room W629	2002	Melissa Southey	Features: Histology autostainer. Access: By arrangement through Melissa Southey.
Leica Cryostat	Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital	2007	Amanda Fosang	Access: By arrangement with Amanda Fosang.
Plate reader	Pharmacology	Medical building, room N803	2003	Trudy Harris	Features: Visible wavelengths. Access: Booking sheet.

Fluorimeters

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
Fluorescent plate reader	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21	1997	Matthew Perugini
FM-2 Fluorotron Master Ocular Fluorophotometer	Medicine - SVH	L4 Clinical Sciences Building, St Vincent's Hospital	2004	Connie Karschimkus ph: 9288 2585	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.
Luminescence fluorimeter	Pathology	Mental Health Research Institute	2002	Robert Cherny	Access: By arrangement through Robert Cherny
Flexstation (benchtop scanning fluorimeter)	Pharmacology	Medical building, W824	2004	Elizabeth Guida	Access: By arrangement with Elizabeth Guida. Training required.
Axon fluorescence scanner	Surgery – SVH	1st floor, Clinical Sciences Building, St Vincent's Hospital	2002	Erik Thompson ph: 92882569	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.

HPLC / GC / Mass Spectrometers / NMRs

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
NMR spectrophotometer	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21	1997	Paul Gooley	Features: 600 MHz.
GC/MS Hewlett Packard	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21		Malcolm McConville
GC-TOF Pegasus	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Bio21	1998	Malcolm McConville
HPLC	Medicine – SVH	Room 457, Level 4 Daly Wing, St Vincent's Hospital	2003	Connie Karschimkus ph: 92882585	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.
Shimadzu QP2010C GCMS system	Medicine – SVH	Room 452, L4, Clinical Sciences Building, St Vincent's Hospital	2006	Andrzej Januszewski ph: 9288 2664	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.
HPLC system	Medicine – SVH	Room 452, L4, Clinical Sciences Building, St Vincent's Hospital	2006	Andrzej Januszewski ph: 9288 2664	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.
HPLC/mass spectrometer	Pathology	Bio21	2005	Feda Ali	Access: By arrangement through Feda Ali. Training required.

Miscellaneous

Equipment	Department	Location	Year	Contact	Notes
MRI computational facility	Centre for Neuroscience	E&EE, NICTA room	2006	Gary Egan, Neil Killeen	Access: By arrangement with Gary Egan or Neil Killeen.
P-V conductance system	Medicine - SVH	Animal House facility, St Vincent's Hospital	2003	Michael Zhang ph: 92882601	Access: Available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.
Human ECG	Medicine - SVH	Animal House facility & Dept of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital	2005	Mariana Pacheco ph: 92882182	Features: EchoDICOM. Access: Access available upon request. Cost negotiated upon application.
Brain microdialysis system	Pathology	Mental Health Research Institute	2004	Robert Cherny, David Finkelstein	Access: By arrangement through Robert Cherny or David Finkelstein
Blood gas analyser	Physiology	Medical building, room N623	2002	Kerryn Westcott	Access: Fee-for-service
Vicon Motion Analysis System (Oxford Metrics)	Physiotherapy	CHESM and RSRC (Royal Talbot)	2005	Tim Wrigley, Noel Lythgo	Access: On a collaborative basis with CHESM or RSRC. Training required.
AMTI Force Plates (embedded in ground)	Physiotherapy	CHESM and RSRC (Royal Talbot)	2005	Tim Wrigley, Noel Lythgo	Access: On a collaborative basis with CHESM or RSRC. Training required.
KinCom H Dynamometer	Physiotherapy	Animal House facility, St Vincent's Hospital	1990	Tim Wriggley	Access: On a collaborative basis with CHESM or RSRC. Training required.
SimMan	Rural Health	Goulburn Valley Health, Clinical Skills Laboratory, Shepparton	2006	Georgia von Guttner	Features: SimMan is a portable and advanced patient simulator for team training. It has realistic anatomy and clinical functionality. Access: By arrangement with Georgia von Guttner.
Techniplast Sealsafe IVC System	Surgery – SVH	Animal House facility, St Vincent's Hospital	2003	Keren Abberton ph: 92884018	Access: Available upon request, subject to approval from animal facility. Regular animal holding fees apply.

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