Platforms & Infrastructure
The PC Hub operates within a network of excellence, world-class facilities, and cutting-edge capabilities.
Infrastructure
Our advanced technology platforms and research infrastructure are designed to support innovation across protected cropping systems. We provide researchers, partners, and students with access to cutting-edge facilities, tools, and expertise to drive meaningful outcomes.
AgriBio Facility
LISAF and PC Hub are located within Agribio, a world-class facility that provides researchers with purpose-built facilities to support their work.
The technology platforms include:
- Extensive plant growth facilities, including Controlled Environment Rooms
- Plant phenotyping with hyperspectral and other imaging
- Multi-omics technologies (proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, genomics).
- Single-cell analysis
- Bioinformatics and complex statistical analysis
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer
La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food (LISAF)
The Protected Cropping (PC) Hub operates within the La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food (LISAF).
Through its infrastructure and capabilities, LISAF offers a state-of-the-art environment for researchers, students, and industry partners to transform the future of agriculture.
Technology Platforms
APPN Node
The APPN Node at La Trobe University in Melbourne offers access to a range of precision-controlled growth environments and sophisticated phenotyping technologies.
The extensive facilities provide academic researchers and commercial organisations with the capacity to rapidly, accurately and objectively assess plant performance using non-destructive digital technologies.
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Plant SynBio Australia – La Trobe University
PSBA – LTU enables plant synthetic biology services for horticultural and medicinal species. It provides infrastructure and expertise for research provider, government and industry institutions as fee-for-service as well as providing incubation space for the start-up community and opportunities to collaborate. The facility provides capability across the synthetic biology cycle including design of molecular componentry, genetic editing and transformation, and the phenotypic evaluation of the bio-designed plants.
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