Media Releases
04 December 2009, Sydney, NSW, Australia
$5.4 million LIEF success will extend AMMRF capability
It has just been announced that AMMRF nodes have attracted $4.61 million of LIEF funding for new, advanced microscopy instrumentation that will extend their capability in the face of increasing user demand and exciting new collaborations. In addition, the AMMRF Linked Lab at the Queensland University of Technology has attracted $0.8 million.
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| 28 August 2009, Sydney, NSW, Australia Launch of the Cameca IMS 1280 by Kim Carr The AMMRF is pleased to announce the launch of its latest multi-million dollar flagship instrument, the Cameca IMS 1280 ion probe, by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator, the Hon. Kim Carr, on Friday 28 August 2009. Located in the AMMRF at the University of Western Australia (UWA), this impressive and highly sensitive instrument, weighing in at 7.5 tonnes, is the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere. The combination of the IMS 1280 and its sister instrument, the Cameca NanoSIMS 50, creates the only imaging and analysis facility of its type in the world. Read full media release |
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 The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator, the Hon. Kim Carr and Assist/Prof. John Cliff, 1280 Flagship Manager at the University of Western Australia. |
11 August 2009, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Roadshow spreads the word on world-class research infrastructure
The AMMRF has recently participated in two successful roadshows to spread the word on the national characterisation capabilities available to researchers throughout Australia.
Many of the techniques required for advanced characterisation rely on sophisticated infrastructure, instrumentation and expertise, much of which is found at the four national characterisation facilities. These being the Australian Synchrotron, the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility, the National Imaging Facility, and the National Deuteration Facility. These four facilities have been working together at the National Characterisation Roadshows in Perth and Adelaide to inform the states' researchers of exactly what is available to them. An intensive afternoon of seminars and discussion sessions in each location enabled researchers to incorporate the most appropriate techniques into their future research strategies.
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30 July 2009, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nanotoxicology under the microscope
The Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF) has partnered with the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) to form the first AMMRF Linked Centre.
AMMRF Linked Centres are established in conjunction with a concentration of specialist researchers who are supported by a dedicated and experienced microscopist who can advise the researchers on the most appropriate techniques and facilities to support their research.
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11 March 2009, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Donation boosts AMMRF mineral analysis capability
BHP Billiton has generously donated a Qemscan automated mineral analysis system to the Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, the University of Sydney node of the AMMRF. This donation makes a very valuable instrument available to the entire Australian research community, significantly increasing the AMMRF’s capability in the area of mineral analysis. As with all AMMRF instrumentation, the Qemscan will be available to researchers in universities, research labs and industry.
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24 February 2009, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Australia Fellowship supports development of new drug delivery system
Professor Rob Parton, Deputy Director of the AMMRF’s University of Queensland node has been awarded a prestigious Australia Fellowship from the NHMRC. This will support work investigating the development and application of a new nanoscale drug delivery system. It has the potential to deliver drugs only into specific target cells, greatly increasing their effectiveness and minimising adverse reactions.
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11 August 2008, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Getting emergency animal disease under the microscope
Australia’s ability to respond to the threats posed by emergency animal disease will be strengthened with the establishment of the Australian Biosecurity Microscopy Centre (ABMC), a specialist service and Linked Laboratory of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF).
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08 February 2008, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Launch of the South Australian Research Facility (SARF)
The South Australian Research Facility (SARF) was launched yesterday by the Hon Paul Caica MP, South Australian Minister for Science and Information Economy.
SARF is the South Australian node of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility, the peak Australian facility for the nanometric analysis of the structure and chemistry of materials in physical and biological systems.
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27 September 2007, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Minister Launches the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility
The Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF), a $41 million national research facility to provide cutting-edge microscopy and microanalysis capability to all Australian researchers, was launched by the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, at the University of Sydney today.
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5 July 2007, Sydney, NSW, Australia
NSW State Government announces $4M for the Australian Microscopy
& Microanalysis Research Facility
The Hon. Verity Firth MP, Minister for Science and Medical Research, has
announced funding of $4M for the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis
Research Facility (AMMRF).
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