2007 - Monash welcomes new era in research

On 31 July 2007, Monash University welcomed a new era in scientific research with the official opening of the Australian Synchrotron.

Today: Monash University is a founding member of the Australian Synchrotron, which is adjacent to the University's Clayton campus in Melbourne.

Centre for Synchrotron Science Director, Professor Rob Lewis said, "The formation of the Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science is a new chapter in the University's almost 50-year track record of scientific advancement, which includes innovations in IVF, drug design and stem cell research".

The Centre unites elite Monash experts from a diverse range of disciplines and faculties, and is dedicated to finding new uses and approaches of Synchrotron science to the challenges facing our community.