Alert: COVID-19 Updates

MCN Current Operational Status

The rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic is causing disruptions to our standard operations. Please watch this space for the latest information on access, staffing and services. Details on upcoming public holidays and/or planned disruptions to MCN lab access can be found here.

The broader ANFF network is also coordinating a response to COVID-19, see here for more details.


Archive of recent communications:

13.12.22 — MCN General Update

10.12.21 — MCN General Update

29.10.21 — MCN General Update

13.10.21 — MCN General Update

16.09.21 — MCN General Update


 

Services

General Access

Open

Use of QR code check-in required; vaccination requirements apply

Staff Support

Open

Limited while we transition back to normal operations

Training

Open

Conducted via approved risk assessments for delivery of COVID-safe training: (1) Cleanrooms,  (2) General Labs  (3) Use of Meeting Rooms

New User Induction

Open

open to all user activity

Fee for Service

Open

Limited while we transition back to normal operations

Laboratories

Cleanroom

Open

open to all user activity

Non-cleanroom Labs

Open

open to all user activity


ANFF-Victoria In-kind Capability Hubs

last update: 14.10.21 11:41am

Joint venture partners of the Victorian node provide open access to select in-kind infrastructure within their home organisations. The operational status of these facilities is listed below:

In-kind Capability

Org.

Status

Biointerface Engineering Hub

Swinburne University

Staffed; open for access

Micro Nano Research Facility (MNRF)

RMIT

Staffed; open for access

Micro and Nano Devices Laboratory & BMTF

CSIRO

Staffed; open for access

Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform (MCFP)

Melbourne University

Staffed; open for access

Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)

Deakin University

Staffed; open for access

Centre for Materials Surface Science (CMSS)

La Trobe University

Staffed; open for access