BioEngineering @ UQ

Facilities

In 2005, Bioengineering will move to the new $60 million Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. Until then, Bioengineering is housed in 7 laboratories in the Hawken, Chemical Engineering and Molecular Biosciences Buildings. In addition, we have access to state-of-the-art equipment for EM, NMR, microscopy, and molecular biology in nearby buildings. Our Analytical Services laboratory is available to external users.

Large scale fermentation (ChE 74-322)

Clean room with 30L and 100L fermenters for animal cell culture and associated purification equipment, shaker incubators, and Class II biosafety cabinet.

Ante-room (Hawken 50-S301A)

RO water system, Beckman J2 centrifuge, -80 C freezers, and incubators.

Microbiology (Hawken 50-S301B)

Standard molecular biology equipment (incubators, PCR, electrophoresis, documentation, etc), Class II biosafety cabinet, 500mL to 2L fermenters.

Insect cell culture (Hawken 50-S301C)

Standard cell culture equipment (Class II biosafety cabinet, incubators, etc), 2 and 10L perfusion bioreactors, osmometer, Electrozone cell sizer, PicoTag station.

Analytical laboratory (Hawken 50-S401/2)

Comprehensive analytical facilities for liquid and gas chromatography, HPLC/MALLS, FIA, TKN/TOC, and spectrometry.

Cell culture facility (Hawken 50-C401)

Clean room with Class II biosafety cabinet, 3L high performance centrifuge, controlled CO₂ and O₂ incubators, small scale perfusion systems. Separate autoclave and RO/MilliQ water supply. 2 laser+HBO lamp, 7 parameters flow cytometer, fluorescence microscope with ImagePro software, fluorescence plate reader, automated cell counter (Guava) and glucose/lactate analyser.

Protein laboratory (Molecular Biosciences 76-409)

Fluorescent imagers for proteomics and gene expression research and high level liquid chromatography systems for protein analysis.