The Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science is a research institute at Monash University

Monash University

Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....

. It was set up to take advantage of the establishment of the Australian Synchrotron

Australian Synchrotron

The Australian Synchrotron is a 3 GeV synchrotron radiation facility built in Melbourne, Victoria and opened on 31 July 2007.The circular building was designed by Architectus in conjunction with Thiess, while the lattice design was performed substantially by Professor John Boldeman.The Synchrotron...

, located at the University's Clayton Campus, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia. It is an interdisciplinary research centre, combining studies in areas such as biomedicine

Biomedicine

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, physics

Physics

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, chemistry

Chemistry

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 and pharmacy

Pharmacy

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. Its focus is the ways in which synchrotrons can contribute to our knowledge in these areas. The founding director of the centre was Professor Rob Lewis.