Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis

The Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis
Provides teaching and research infrastructure in ion, electron, laser and light microscopy and microanalysis to universities, state government and local industry. The facilities of the CMCA are located at two separate sites - UWA Crawley Campus and QEII Medical Centre - with the main office located at the Crawley Campus. We are core partners in the Nanoscale Characterisation Centre, WA (NCC) and are the WA node of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF). Click here for more details about the Centre.

RECENT CMCA HIGHLIGHTS:

Visualisation expert Derek Gerstmann features in UWA news. For more information on visualisation capabilities at CMCA click here.
CMCA features in Nature paper - Fusseis et al. Nature 459, 974-977, 18 June 2009.
CMCA features in Journal of Cell Biology paper on congenital myopathies - Nowak et al. Journal of Cell Biology 185(5), May 2009.
Dr Jeremy Shaw et al article makes front cover of Microscopy & Microanalysis.

EVENTS:

UWA MASTERCLASS
Nanobio: frontiers in nanotechnology for the life sciences and medicine

An Institute of Advanced Studies Masterclass with Brian Wilson, Division Head/Professor of Medical Biophysics at the Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto and 2009 IAS Professor-at-Large

Date: Thursday 19 November 2009
Time:10am-4pm
Venue: Old Senate Room, UWA
Cost: Free, but registration is essential to attend.

For further information and to download flyer CLICK HERE (128KB PDF File)

CMCA SEMINAR SERIES 2009

Overview of particle analysis for nuclear Safeguards purposes

Magnus Hedberg

European Commission, Nuclear Safeguards and Security Unit,
Institute of Transuranium Element (ITU)

Friday 6th November @ 4.45pm Venue: Physics 2.15

Hosted by CMCA All Welcome

Advances in Optical Microscopy

Professor Brian Wilson
Division Head/Professor of Medical Biophysics at the Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto.

CMCA Seminar Room,
3 - 4pm Friday 20 November 2009
ALL WELCOME

For further information , CLICK HERE

CAMECA 1280 Ion Probe Officially Launched

The CAMECA 1280 Ion Probe, an AMMRF Flagship Instrument, was officially launched on Friday 28 August 2009 by Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. More information on the IMS 1280 can be found here.

NOTICES TO USERS:

CMCA Crawley facilities now PC2 certified! Click here for more information.

For staff and instrument status click here.