AIB Labs Facilities

Services provided by each AIB Labs Facility are summarised below:

 

Adelaide Microarray Facility

• Conducts high-throughput analysis of differential gene expression.
• Expertise in printing microarrays, probe generation, scanning of microarrays and data analysis.

Website:  http://www.microarray.adelaide.edu.au/

 

Adelaide Microscopy

• Offers a broad range of advanced microscopy and microanalysis instrumentation for material and biological sciences.
• Provide training and expert assistance in sample preparation and operation.
• Consulting services.

Website:  http://www.adelaide.edu.au/microscopy/

 

Adelaide Proteomics Centre

• Identification and characterization of proteins and peptides using 2D and free electrophoresis and various state of the art mass spectrometers i.e. Q-TOF, Maldi-TOF/TOF, ion trap.

Website:  http://www.adelaide.edu.au/mbs/proteomics

 

Australian Genome Research Facility – Ag Section

• Plant DNA extraction and PCR-product analytical services.
• Controlled environment plant growth / stress facilities.
• DNA archiving and distribution facility.

Website:  http://www.agrf.org.au/

 

Centre for Pharmaceutical Research

Provide a wide range of services required for successful drug discovery and development:

• Pre-clinical pharmacokinetics.
• Drug metabolism studies.
• Clinical studies.
• Project management.
• Pharmacokinetic, biopharmaceutic and statistical analysis.
• Analytical studies. Consulting services.

Website:  http://www.cprservices.com.au/

 

Flinders Analytical

• Peptide and protein ID and analysis by mass spectrometry.
• Compound analysis and structural analysis by tandem mass spectrometry.
• Stable isotope ratio analysis.
• Biomolecular interactions analysis.

Website:  http://scieng.flinders.edu.au/research/flinders_analytical/

 

Flinders Microscopy and Image Analysis Facility

• Wide range of advanced microscopy and associated 3D image processing and reconstruction program with a focus on imaging of biological materials.
• Training and protocols can be provided for sample preparation, operation and data image reconstruction.

Website:  http://som.flinders.edu.au/FUSA/Anatomy/FMIAF/FMIAFHome.htm

 

IMVS Preclinical Services

Provides a range of services for companies wishing to establish the safety and efficacy of new drugs or devices:

• Range finding and repeat dose studies.
• Pharmacokinetic studies.
• Surgical facilties for large and small animals.
• Analytical studies.
• Consulting services.

Website:  http://www.imvs.sa.gov.au/

 

MAbSA (Monoclonal Antibody SA)

• Establishment of monoclonal antibodies-secreting hybridoma cell lines.
• Monoclonal antibody production.

Website:  http://www.adelaide.edu.au/mbs/mabsa

 

Membrane Transporter Expression Facility

Enables expression of genes (plant or animal) in a cell system that can be robotically screened for various membrane transport activities and has applications in drug discovery and protein engineering.

Website:  http://www.agwine.adelaide.edu.au/research/mtef

 

Multi-scale Fermentation Facility

• Small (1L, 100L) to large scale (1000L) fermentation for modelling industrial fermentations for wine and brewing industries.
• Operational early/mid 2006.

Contact Provisor Pty Ltd (see below)

 

Non-Invasive Biomarker Engineering Centre

Provides a range of breath tests based on the presence of stable isotopes in naturally occurring gases that can non-invasively assess gut function. Other applications of these tests include:

• Rapid assessment of new nutritional and functional foods and supplements.
• Use in human clinical trials for fast tracking drug discovery.
• Use as diagnostics in clinical testing.
• Application to existing and new preclinical animal models.
• Potential to develop more broadly based non-invasive tests in body fluids other than breath.

Email: ross.butler@adelaide.edu.au

 

Provisor Pty Ltd

Provides equipment and services for research into variables throughout the production chain from “grape to class” :

• Small-scale winemaking.
• Vineyard assessment service.
• Sensory evaluation.
• Chemical Analysis and equipment access.
• Research Management.

Website:  http://www.provisor.com.au/

 

South Australian Epigenetics Facility (formerly Epigenetics & DNA Methylation Measurement Facility)

Provides pyrosequencing technologies for research related to the impact of gene-environment interactions on embryological and fetal development, regulation of tissue growth and differentiation in early and later life, nutrigenomics and pharmacogenomics as well as assessment of allele frequency and genetic variation, DNA mutation detection, sequence analysis and microbial typing.

Website:  http://www.adelaide.edu.au/rcrh/staff/jthompson/epigen.html

 

The Wark Biotechnology Materials Characterization Facility

• Develops and applies advanced spectroscopic and interfacial characterisation techniques to support biotechnology R&D, product development and QA.

Website:  http://www.unisa.edu.au/iwri/industryandconsultancy/aiblabs.asp

 

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