The CMCA is affiliated with State and national research infrastructure programs.
AuScope
AuScope is a characterisation capability funded through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) with a focus on the structure and evolution of the Australian continent. They aim to establish a world-class research infrastructure to characterise the structure and evolution of the Australian continent in a global context from surface to core in space and time. In partnership with the AMMRF, the Government of Western Australia and UWA, AuScope enabled the set up of the world-class ion microprobe facility at CMCA, for the benefit of all Australian researchers.
Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility
Established under the Commonwealth Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility
(AMMRF) is Australia's peak research facility for the characterisation of materials through advanced microscopy and microanalysis.
AMMRF facilitates access to world-class instrumentation and expertise for all Australian researchers through a national grid of Australian university-based microscopy and microanalysis centres. CMCA is the Western Australian node of the AMMRF and features the AMMRF Flagship Ion Probe Facility.
Australian National Fabrication Facility
Established under NCRIS, the
The capability provided by ANFF enables users to process hard materials (metals, composites and ceramics) and soft materials (polymers and polymer-biological moieties) and transform these into structures that have application in sensors, medical devices, nanophotonics and nanoelectronics.
The CMCA houses the newly commissioned powder diffractometer.
Metabolomics Australia
Metabolomics Australia was founded in 2007 as the first high throughput Metabolomics facility in Australia. There are currently five research nodes around the country that house staff and equipment dedicated to servicing researchers interested in small molecule analysis – amongst which is Metabolomics Australia at The University of Western Australia. Services are focused on all areas of technology, with the aim of providing access to world-leading advances in analytical techniques for academic and private industry.
The node of Metabolomics Australia based at CMCA provides open access to all researchers Australia wide, including training, sample analysis by mass spectrometry and consulting. Our goal is to use our expertise and equipment to fuel cutting-edge research.
We strive to form strong collaborations with any interested scientists to increase the value of their research.
Nanoscale Characterisation Centre WA and Western Australian Centre for Microscopy
CMCA is the lead node of the State Government funded Centre of Excellence, the Nanoscale Characterisation Centre WA (NCC). The primary objective of the NCC is to provide infrastructure and expertise to ensure that the State’s researchers and industry have access to state-of-the-art technology, which will maximise benefits from research and development for the Western Australian community.
The NCC is founded on an ongoing collaborative agreement between the four publicly funded universities in Western Australia, which together form the Western Australian Centre for Microscopy (WACM).
The National Imaging Facility
In 2010 CMCA became the Western Australian node of NIF and the only imaging and analysis facility in Australia to be a node of multiple NCRIS capabilities. The Bioimaging Facility, which precipitated CMCA membership of NIF, was commissioned in late 2011. NIF Bioimaging Facility.
The National Resource Sciences Precinct
- National Resource Sciences Precinct (NRSP) is a collaboration between CSIRO, Curtin University and The University of Western Australia (UWA) to connect the world’s best researchers with industry and government to tackle some of the most complex challenges facing the resource industry. CMCA’s role within the NRSP will be to help establish the Advanced Resources Characterisation Facility (ARCF). Funded by CSIRO’s Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF), the ARCF will install and operate state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation for high-end research in the resources industry.
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CMCA will augment its world-class Ion Probe Facility with a new NanoSIMS 50L.
Further information
The WA Government provides funding through its Centres of Excellence Program to support the NCC.
It also contributes to the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) facilities within the WA node of both AMMRF and NIF.