The Rio Tinto Australia-Japan Collaborative Program aims to encourage collaboration between Australia and Japan in science, technology and innovation. The $150,000 grant has been awarded to a collaborative project between ANFF-Q client Professor Yusuke Yamauchi at the University of Queensland and Associate Professor Toru Wakihara at the University of Tokyo. The project will develop new … Read more “ANFF-Q client awarded the first Rio-Tinto Australia-Japan Collaboration Program Grant.”

ANFF-Q Professional Officer Dr Elena Taran has been invited to be the Guest Editor for a special issue of Minerals: “Interfacial Forces in Mineral Processing”. Elena is ANFF-Q’s surface science specialist. Her core expertise is relying on Scanning Probe Microscopy and Force Spectroscopy techniques with a strong background in silica nanotribology. Dear Colleagues, Interfacial forces … Read more “ANFF-Q’s Dr Elena Taran is Guest Editor of Minerals”

It is with great pleasure that we welcome our new Facility Manager – Anthony Christian. Anthony comes to us with over 25 years of operations, personnel and facility management experience and expertise in fabrication and other related fields. Anthony has over 10 years of history with ANFF-Q, working as the Senior Operations Engineer at our … Read more “Welcome to our new ANFF-Q Facility Manager!”

Rosie Hicks, ANFF CEO, has decided to move on to her next chapter after nearly 12 years at the helm of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). She will take up the position of CEO of the recently formed Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) on 15 April 2019. Rosie was ANFF’s first CEO, joining when … Read more “Farewell, Congratulations, and Good Luck to Rosie Hicks, ANFF’s Inaugural CEO”

Congratulations to ANFF-Q clients Dr Abu Ali Ibn Sina, Dr Laura G. Carrascosa, Dr Yadveer S. Grewal and Prof Matt Trau for their recent article: Epigenetically reprogrammed methylation landscape drives the DNA self-assembly and serves as a universal cancer biomarker published in Nature Communications. This research paper describes one simple 10-minute universal cancer test — an important step towards early and easy diagnosis of cancer. Access to … Read more “ANFF-Q clients develop a simple 10-minute universal cancer test”