A biomolecular small angle X-ray scattering facility

生物分子小角度x射线散射（SAXS）设施将支持广泛的研究活动，这些活动将大大有利于基础和应用生物学和生物医学研究以及生物分子工程领域。具体的研究领域将包括酶作用、病毒蛋白组装、基因调控、免疫和生育。该仪器将补充澳大利亚生物医学科学家目前的研究工具，并为研究生物大分子的研究人员激发新的合作伙伴关系和机会。这样，澳大利亚将通过直接的研究成果和对未来科学家的最先进技术培训而受益。

The biomolecular small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) facility will support a broad range of research activities that will significantly benefit basic and applied biological and biomedical research as well as the field of biomolecular engineering. Specific areas of investigation will include enzyme action, viral protein assembly, gene regulation, immunity and fertility. The instrumentation will complement the current research tools of Australian biomedical scientists, as well as stimulate new collaborative partnerships and opportunities for researchers studying biological macromolecules. In this way Australia will benefit though direct research outcomes and through training of future scientists in state-of-the-art technologies.