Our facilities enable discovery and development by providing our researchers with the tools to explore their ideas in greater depth, uncover new insights and translate their work to the clinic. We can access state-of-the-art facilities across QUT and at major Brisbane hospitals, including:
Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF)
QUT’s CARF provides specialist equipment and expert scientists to enable analytical research. Its state-of-the-art equipment and expert technologists offer transdisciplinary analytical support, including sample preparation, data collection and interpretation of results. Capabilities include cell analysis, microscopy, histology, genomics, proteomics, molecular mass spectrometry, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, X-ray analysis, element and isotopes, surface analysis, physical and mechanical properties, synchrotron science and sample preparation.
Find out moreMedical Engineering Research Facility (MERF)
MERF (pictured left) offers state-of-the-art surgical theatres and pre-clinical laboratories and is located at Prince Charles Hospital—Australia’s largest cardiothoracic unit and a hub for specialist needs in disciplines such as orthopaedics. This co-location ensures any advances can be easily replicated in a hospital environment, meaning a seamless transition from lab to clinic. It supports research and training in medical devices, implants, biomaterials and surgical equipment and techniques.
Find out moreTranslational Research Institute (TRI)
TRI is part of Brisbane’s knowledge corridor, an anchor institution within the Boggo Road Innovation Precinct, and based on the Princess Alexandra Hospital campus. It provides a home for the Translational Science Hub for developing mRNA vaccine technology—a partnership between Sanofi, UQ, Griffith University and the Queensland Government. TRI has core facilities including microscopy, histology and pre-clinical imaging for discovery research, as well as clinical research facilities at two hospital campuses to support clinical trials. The final piece of the bench-to-bedside translation puzzle is cGMP manufacturing facility ENTRI, designed to enable industry to manufacture candidate therapeutics and vaccines for clinical trials.
Find out moreHerston Imaging Research Facility (HIRF)
HIRF is a purpose-built imaging research facility and the first in Australia to be dedicated solely to clinical research. It provides access to the latest human imaging technology, which can answer a variety of questions in research areas such as medical device development, biomechanics, patient response to therapeutics, brain connectivity, and image processing activity. It is situated on the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital campus, making it a site for translating research into a patient population.
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