Accessing the ACMM

Welcome to the ACMM User area.

Please note that, before using ACMM facilities, you must:

  1. Apply to use the ACMM facilities by registering your personal and project details;
  2. Download, read and sign the Handbook of OHS Regulations and Forms (PDF 118KB), Project Risk Assessment (PDF 68KB), and Cell Culture Risk Assessment (PDF 59KB). Please note: If you wish to undertake a project involving genetically modified organisms, also fill in the appropriate forms. See OHS Information below.
  3. Submit these forms by attending a New User Meeting at the ACMM.

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We would appreciate it if you acknowledge us in publications and presentations resulting from access to our instrumentation and expertise. But why? Acknowledgments are evidence that investments in equipment and people have led to important outcomes. This helps us to make the case for future investments, both in the next generation of instrumentation, and in the people needed to support user communities working in the facility. Acknowledgement is important to the future of research because it tangibly helps sustain world-class microscopy and microanalysis capabilities in Australia. Help us to help you! Click here for more details



I want to

Book an instrument
Log my instrument use

Apply to use the ACMM facilities
Apply for training courses

Update my user profile
Change my password
Retrieve my password

Download my images
Perform a large file transfer

 

Important OHS and Injury information

The ACMM’s OHS Officer is Dr Minh Huynh, ph. 02 9351 7525. Please contact her if you have any questions or you need to report an incident.

All incident reports must be submitted to OHS & Injury Management within 24 hours of the incident. Please submit an Occupational Injury Illness or Incident Report Form, which is available on the University's OHS & Injury Management website.

Anyone wishing to undertake a project involving genetically modified organisms (GMO) must apply to the University of Sydney’s Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) for approval. For more information please refer to the Gene Technology Legislation page.

Chem Alert II is an online chemical information database, which allows you to search for a chemical and then print a material safety data sheet (report) or label. A material safety data sheet for a substance contains information such as potential health hazards and first aid information, safe handling instructions, procedures for dealing with spills and advice on the appropriate protective equipment to be used.

Access charges

To gain access to the Units instrumentation, you must apply to use the ACMM facilities. If you have any questions regarding subscriptions, please contact the ACMM’s Subscription Manager Dennis Dwarte, ph. 02 9351 7534.

University of Sydney staff and students
University of Sydney researchers and students can access the ACMM facilities on a pay-as-you-go basis or can take out an annual subscription. The rates are:

Subscrition
Costs (AUD)
Number of hours
Pay-as-you-go
$40
Per hour
Standard
$1,200
60 hours
Level C
$3,000
180 hours
Level B
$6,000
380 hours
Level A
$12,000
800 hours

Publicly funded research organisations (e.g. universities, hospitals etc)
Pay-as-you-go:

  • Atom probe instruments (AMMRF flagships): $40 per hour.
  • All other instruments: $90 per hour.

Commercial organisations
Please contact Dr Miles Apperley, ph. 02 9351 2887 or Dr Jennifer Whiting, ph. 02 9114 0566 for details about access charges.