QCIF provides a vital service to Queensland's research community. Our facilities are integral to all fields of research including engineering, medicine, bio-infomatics and even archaeology.

Our high-powered supercomputing facilities are taking Queensland research to the global community

Fighting Dengue

Working to reduce or incapacitate mosquitos that transmit the disease

Breast Cancer Research

Working with the National Breast Cancer Foundation to lead the development of Australia’s first National Breast Cancer Tissue Bank: Aiming to identify breast cancer treatments for underserved patient groups.

Structural health monitoring

Using Lamb waves for the ultrasonic testing of structures as part of a research initiative into structural health monitoring.

Reconstructing an Egyptian Mummy

Using commonly used medical imaging techniques, it is now possible to examine a mummy without needing to even open the coffin.

Spray-on skin for burns victims

Using High Performance Computers to model the growth of skin cell colonies for the development of a new aerosolised burns treatment.

AccessGrid

An integrated environment that provides real-time high-quality audio and video. It allows groups at multiple sites to interact simultaneously and share data and scientific instruments.

Past research projects
 

Alternative Energy

Investigating  the application of a nano-scale device to solar energy conversion, grey-water purification and the generation of hydrogen as an alternative energy source

Analysing snake venom

Studying the applications of snake venom for potential use as an anti-bleeding agent in surgical procedures.

Archaeology goes digital

Helping archaeologists by improving access to share data stored in different formats and/or across different sites.

Bio portal

A collaborative tool allowing members of the bioinformatics community to access and share information and software.

Data storage

Making large amounts of data more accessible and easier to use for researchers.

Earth sciences portal

Building a portal to provide secure remote access to software and hardware for the purposes of collaboration

Enzyme Research

Computational analysis helping researchers understand enzymatic catalysis that can lead to genetic diseases and conditions such as mental impairment and cancer.

Glyco-pharmaceuticals

Researching the role carbohydrates play in disease and ageing in the hope of developing a new group of drugs

LDH DNA

Studying Layered Double-Hydroxide (LDH) structures and DNA, and the applications for drug delivery and gene therapy

Membrane-protein interaction

Researching the macroscopic (experimentally observable) properties of biomolecular systems such as proteins, nucleic acids and lipid aggregates, in terms of the interactions between atoms.

Protein Modelling

Studying red proteins to further the practice of deep-tissue biomedical imaging

Smart Astronomy: Aus-VO

Developing and deploying tools, systems and organisational structures to enable the international utilisation of astronomical archives as an integrated virtual observatory.

Visualisation portal for archaeology

Developing a 3D ‘virtual site’ through which archaeologists could study the dig site and carry out subsequent quantitative measurement and analysis.