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$620K for WA’s only super-rapid speed confocal microscopy facility

By Amanda Iannuzzi 4 February 2020 News Comments Off on $620K for WA’s only super-rapid speed confocal microscopy facility

MicroscopyThe Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) is celebrating a successful bid for Australian Research Council (ARC) facilities funding with its Director Professor John Mamo leading a team of WA-based researchers receiving $620,000 to establish the state’s only super-rapid speed confocal microscopy facility at Curtin University.

The funding, provided under the ARC’s Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) 2020 scheme, will provide health, environmental biology and agriculture researchers with access to contemporary, state-of-the-art microscopy equipment. This includes access to the clearest 3D-pictures to monitor fast biological processes inside living cells and to scan large areas of tissues with an unprecedented degree of detail.

“This is an exciting development for CHIRI and for researchers across WA who will soon benefit from having access to these world-class technologies right here in our own state,” Professor Mamo said.

“Having these technologies available will certainly open WA research to new levels of competitiveness on the national and international stages and hopefully result in positive health outcomes for the community, including in CHIRI’s research to find new preventions and treatments for a range of age-associated diseases.”

The funding is part of more than $1.4 million recently awarded to Curtin University-led health technology and earth and planetary sciences research projects under the latest round of the scheme.

Curtin University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Professor Chris Moran congratulated the Curtin researchers who had been awarded funding.

“The ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme enables researchers to purchase expensive research equipment to support their collaborations with global and national academic and industry partners,” Professor Moran said.

“These three Curtin-led research projects will give Western Australian researchers access to state-of-the-art equipment that will provide important support for planetary sciences and health research.”

 

 

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