Core facilities and services

We host world-class facilities, laboratories, and research equipment unlocking new frontiers of discovery and innovation.

Our facilities and specialised support offer specialised expertise and support in flow cytometry, laboratory operations, the Sequenom platform, shipping logistics, and tissue culture.

Biobanking Facility

Supports biospecimen research through study planning, grant justification and costing, and ethics approval.

CEBU - Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Unit

Supports high-quality research through expertise in biostatistics, epidemiology, and data management.

Flow Cytometry and Imaging Facility

Provides researchers with advanced instrumentation and expert support for flow cytometry, cell sorting (FACS), and confocal and wide-field microscopy.

Research MRI scanner

Offers approved research projects access to Siemens Prisma 3T MRI and Mock Scanner facilities.

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Tissue Culture

Provides cell cultures and media for researchers, and establishes patient-derived skin fibroblast and lymphoblast cultures for diagnostic and quality assurance testing.

Clinical trials support

Melbourne Children's Trials Centre (MCTC) provides support for clinical trials, ranging from trials of novel therapies to large preventative public health trials.

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Stem cell core facilities

MCRI houses state-of-the-art facilities that support advancements in stem cell research. Our Stem Cell Medicine facilities operate as a fee-for-service model and are available for both internal and external clients.

iPSC Derivation & Gene Editing Facility

Generates standard and gene-edited iPSC lines in feeder-free and chemically defined medium in a manner that is both rapid and cost-effective.

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Stafford Fox Drug Discovery Facility

Offers an automated platform for high throughput/high content drug screening of patient’s induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) derived tissues.

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iHSC Differentiation Facility

Provides a specialist differentiation service, generating induced haematopoietic stem cells (iHSCs) from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).

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