Welcome The Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF Ltd) is Australia’s premier proteomics institution. APAF Ltd was the birthplace of the term proteomics in 1995 and the first high throughput lab worldwide. APAF research and development has continued in all areas of technology development and industry, providing world leading advances and services for over a decade. Proteomics is the study and identification of the thousands of types of proteins found in humans, plants, animals, bacteria and other life forms, and the expression of particular proteins can be used as “biomarkers” of health, disease and/or quality. APAF is the leading proteomics service provider nationally. Additionally APAF is a developer of new technologies for protein discovery - continually forming new collaborations with research groups throughout the Australian and international biotechnology communities. APAF is a member of Proteomics Australia (PA) and is one of five (5) nodes. Each node possess synergistic technologies and expertise enabling the consortium to offer a far broader range of services to our collaborators and returning maximum return on the investment of Australians in this venture. PA includes nodes located at: Macquarie University Monash University Queensland Institute of Medical Research TGR BioSciences Pty Ltd (Adelaide) University of New South Wales PA core competencies include 2 Dimensional Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry (including quantitative techniques) Liquid Chromatography Protein Chemistry Multiplexing assays Biomarker Discovery High-throughput cell based screening assays Glycan analysis of recombinant proteins Monoclonal antibody production Small molecule – Metabolites High abundance protein removal Bioinformatics support of the above  APAF Contact Details Level 4, Building F7B, Macquarie University, Research Park Drive, North Ryde NSW 2109 Australia Phone: +612 9850 6201 Fax: +612 9850 6200 E-mail: apafinfo@proteome.org.au