Biomanufacturing Immersion Facility (BIF)
What happens inside: PPE-wearing researchers work in glass-encased, pressurised labs to discover new products and therapies to enhance human health.
Gleaming, state-of-the-art equipment fills a sophisticated network of air-locked labs in this high-tech, PC2 (physical containment level 2) manufacturing facility. Constructed two floors underground, it's GMP-ready, which means it follows Good Manufacturing Practice principles that ensure product output is of good quality.
Driving the emerging field of biologics – therapies that use living cells – BIF is primed to combat cancers, auto-immune diseases and other major health issues of our times. It does this by putting small-scale manufacturing – needed during the research and development phase of new products – within the reach of researchers and industry partners, using state-of-the-art equipment and industry-best processing techniques.
Among other exciting projects, BIF will be used to manufacture antibodies for the first time in 2020, under a consortium-led project to develop Australia’s capability in the manufacture and distribution of radio-immuno-oncology drugs. Working with BIF’s sophisticated bioprocessing technology also gives students, along with biotech and pharmaceutical workers, unmatched opportunities to upskill in order to meet the needs of a fast-changing industry.
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