Flinders University unveils $10M genomics facility with capacity for 59,000 genomes a year

Flinders University has unveiled a $10 million genomics facility in Adelaide that can sequence the equivalent of 59,000 human genomes a year.

Pictured: Flinders University Health and Medical Research Building by Mark Zed Photography

A new $10 million genomics facility at Flinders University is set to help researchers tackle everything from human disease to more resilient crops, with the technology capable of sequencing the equivalent of 59,000 complete human genomes every year.

Based at the university’s Bedford Park campus, the highly automated laboratory is designed to make large-scale genetic research faster and more affordable, giving Australian scientists access to one of the Southern Hemisphere’s highest-throughput and lowest-cost genomics capabilities.

The facility is being established through a partnership between Flinders University, the South Australian Genomics Centre (SAGC), Bioplatforms Australia and Decode Science.