RESEARCH WITH IMPACT
Science at Monash is home to a vibrant, dynamic and world-renowned community at the forefront of innovation, discovery and learning.
Our interdisciplinary teams of researchers collaboratively work on critical problems at the intersection of biology, chemistry and medicine to deliver solutions for food security, water, environmental and health. If you’ re open-minded, practical, curious, and able to question why, you have what it takes to make scientific discoveries that’ ll change the world we live in.
Infrastructure
Our research is supported by specialised facilities and comprehensive resources that can meet the demands of academic research and industrial collaborations. You’ ll have access to innovative and high-performance infrastructure providing quality research services.
Genomics Platform
Our advanced genomics platform provides moderate to high throughput nucleic acid sequencing services to support researchers from the Malaysian and Australian campuses. It’ s the first laboratory and research platform at Monash University Malaysia to achieve the ISO 9001:2015 standard, awarded for providing consistent and quality service. The facility has produced over 181 publications and generated more than 2.5 terabytes of sequencing data.
Other major facilities and equipment include a complete pilot food processing facility with sensory laboratory, flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy, luminescence spectrometry, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy( FTIR), atomic absorption spectroscopy( AAS), gas chromatography, fast protein liquid chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography( HPLC) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry( LC-MS) to support scientific discoveries and excellence in research.
Blind Asian River Dolphin Study( BARDS) Consortium
The critically-endangered South Asian river dolphins are thought to be closely related to blind river dolphins, a unique class of mammals that navigate by echolocation.
Working with peers from universities and research institutes in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan and Qatar, Monash researchers are coordinating BARDS, a multinational effort which will contribute to the genome sequencing of the dolphins and extend our collaboration with the Vertebrate Genomes Project.
The findings from the Consortium will ultimately benefit ongoing conservation strategies in the region.
ELIMINATING PARASITES
Professor Qasim Ayub is studying the genetic diversity of human hosts and pathogens, and how our immune systems respond to parasitic infections to change the way we treat them.
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