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Research Infrastructure at MonashMonash is involved in the establishment of major research infrastructure facilities within the Clayton campus and Clayton Innovation Precinct. ![]() Upgrade / install Flash player for optimum video viewing or refer to the alternative versions below. ICT Facilities and infrastructure: Australian SynchrotronMonash is a co-investor in the Australian Synchrotron. The Australian Synchrotron provides experimental workstations (‘beam-lines’) for a diverse range of applications:
For further information please visit Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science. Monash electron microscopy facility (MCEM)Monash has established a major electron microscopy centre in a new (purpose-built) building at Clayton Campus. For further information please visit Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy. Monash optical microscopy facility (MMI)Monash also has a comprehensive optical microscopy facility which provides consultation, instrumentation, services and training, collaborative research and project development in the areas of:
The Director of MMI, Dr Ian Harper, recently installed a 16-panel OptiPortal high resolution display wall for visualising detailed microscopy images. The slide below was produced by Ian Boundy, the Lab Manager and Histologist in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash.
(The Faculty of IT has installed a 16-panel OptiPortal at the Monash Caulfield Campus.) For further information please visit Monash Micro Imaging.
Monash petabyte data store (LaRDS)Monash has a petabyte data storage facility to house and preserve large research data sets from these major research facilities and other research activities at Monash. The facility is separate from Monash’s corporate data store. Current capacity is:
LaRDS tape library currently has storage capacity for 2.2 PB. The facility can grow to many times this size over time. For further information please visit LaRDS. High performance computing (HPC) and the Monash Campus Grid (MCG)Monash presently has the following HPC facilities:
For further information please visit MCG. Monash researchers also have access to NCI, VPAC and VLSCI high performance computing services. To discuss and arrange access please email: merc@adm.monash.edu.au, or contact Russell Keil (ext. 54782) / Anthony Beitz (ext. 58681).
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