Our specialist staff can help you navigate our instrumentation to get the best results from your research.

• Director – Professor Filip Braet
• Deputy Director – Dr David Martinez Martin
• Facility Manager – Eleanor Kable

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New users can access our facilities via the following process:

1. Apply to use SMM facilities by registering your personal and project details;

2. Download and read the Handbook of WHS Regulations (pdf, 115KB)

3. Complete the New Project Meeting Form

Note: If your project involves genetically modified organisms, you must apply to the University's Institutional Biosafety Committee for approval. For more information please refer to the Gene Technology Legislation page.

4. One of our Platform Scientists will contact you to schedule a New Project Meeting.

View more information on accessing our facilities, fees, and work health and safety information.

Please remember to acknowledge the role of our facilities and expertise in your research. Acknowledgments demonstrate how investments in equipment and people have led to important outcomes. Your publications are a vital part of the business case for ongoing funding. Here is a sample of correct acknowledgement:

 "The authors acknowledge the technical and scientific  assistance of Sydney Microscopy & Microanalysis, the University of Sydney node of Microscopy Australia."