The PC4 Zoonosis Suite is the most sophisticated high containment laboratory in the world, enabling collaborative research into the most lethal diseases.
The Physical Containment (PC) 4 Zoonosis Suite and Bioimaging Facility is a shared resource dedicated to research into infectious diseases that affect the health of humans, domestic animals and wildlife. The Suite provides advanced technology and infrastructure for scientists undertaking research that requires a laboratory environment with the highest levels of biosafety.
Scientists working in the Control Room looking into the PC4 Zoonosis laboratory and Bioimaging Facility.
Scientists working in the Control Room looking into the PC4 Zoonosis laboratory and Bioimaging Facility.
Work performed here includes diagnostics, research specialising in the identification and characterisation of new and emerging viruses, comparative immunology and pathogenesis studies.
The PC4 Zoonosis Suite includes:
Officially opened in December 2011, the Suite was constructed thanks to a grant from the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), under the Networked Biosecurity Framework capability.
Incorporated within the PC4 Zoonosis Suite, the Bioimaging Facility is a specialist microscopy service and a Linked Laboratory of the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF).
ACDP’s Bioimaging Facility is networked throughout Australia providing a real-time interactive platform for research collaboration.
Available instrumentation includes:
Using specialised techniques, including viral identification, viral morphogenesis, advanced light microscopy, advanced transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, our scientists have helped discover and characterise new viruses including:
Our equipment and expertise is available to research partners and includes:
Funding is available under the AMMRF Travel and Access Program (TAP) for short duration visits to ACDP and the Bioimaging Facility. The aim of this program is to provide access for researchers to state-of-the-art instrumentation and expertise.
There are three components to the TAP grants:
We partner with small and large companies, government and industry in Australia and around the world.