Located in both the Translational Research Centre and Lowy Packer building, our laboratories host state of the art technology that enables innovation and healthcare discoveries.Â
As part of these labs, St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research also hosts a Physical Containment Laboratory (PC3). The PC3 Laboratory is a modern purpose built and modular facility that gives researchers the flexibility to handle a number of infective organisms and genetically modified organisms (GMO) at any one time. This is the only PC3 facility with such capacity and enables unique research into the immunology, natural history and pathogenesis of these infections.Â
This facility enables researchers to work with Risk Group 3 microorganisms (high individual risk, limited community risk) – pathogens that usually causes serious human, plant or animal disease and may present a serious hazard to laboratory workers. Thanks to this advanced facility, research involving these microorganisms can be safely conducted. For example, this facility was crucial to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney’s COVID-19 response, as the virus was able to be safely contained and researched.
