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Our Research Services

Access our contract research services to boost your project

We have the expertise, facilities and clinical links to provide world-class research services to researchers, clinicians and industry.

The Bionics Institute has a track record of servicing a range of organisations, including start-ups, university groups and ASX listed companies.

We are committed to the translation of our innovative medical research to improve the lives of those with challenging conditions, and our technical expertise and resources are available to provide your company or project the edge to succeed.

Why partner with the Bionics Institute

The Bionics Institute is an internationally recognised, independent medical research institute that solves medical challenges with technology.

We lead the world in the research and development of innovative medical devices and therapies to improve human health.

We are able to offer the following expert services and resources to your project:

Our people

Our multidisciplinary team comprises world-class scientists, engineers and researchers, and our laboratories are located at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, close to our clinical collaborators.

Our research is supported by our excellent capability providers in pre-clinical research,engineering and clinical research management.

The Bionics Institute has extensive expertise and experience in a broad range of pre-clinical models and can provide diverse pre-clinical research services, including:  

  • Small-to-large pre-clinical models
  • Diverse and established disease models of a range of conditions including inflammatory diseases (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases), retinal degradation, diabetes, pain, stroke, tinnitus and multiple deafness models
  • The development and evaluation of new disease models
  • Pharmacokinetics and regenerative therapies
  • Inner ear drug delivery techniques
  • Pre-clinical cochlear implant models
  • Functional electrophysiology including chronic and acute recordings
  • Behavioural outcome assessments and neurological evaluations.

    Our pre-clinical facilities include:

  • Dedicated surgical facilities
  • Surgical microscopes
  • Faraday booths
  • Sound booths

    Click here to enquire about our pre-clinical research services.

  • The Bionics Institute can provide integrated histology and imaging services for research and regulatory purposes, including:  

  • In-vitro, explant and ex-vivo models
  • Tissue processing and embedding
  • Microtome sectioning and whole mount dissections
  • Routine and special staining for light microscopy
  • Immunofluorescence staining (IFC)
  • Tissue and cell culturing
  • Protein and molecular analysis
  • Microscopic imaging
  • Image analysis
  • 3D clearing expertise for a range of tissue types.

    Click here to enquire about our histology and in-vitro services.

  • Working closely with our researchers and collaborators, our team bring the technical skills needed to design, develop and iterate neuromodulation devices from first ideas to clinical application, including: 

  • Product design and development pathway
  • Mechanical design and stimulation
  • Electrical and electronics design and stimulation
  • Embedded firmware
  • Electrode design and process development
  • Electrode fabrication
  • Device and system level prototyping
  • Mechanical and electrical testing
  • Surgical methods and tooling development
  • Pre-clinical testing and assessment support
  • Clinical device manufacture support

    Click here to enquire about our engineering and prototype manufacturing services.

  • Our clinical testing facilities include: 

  • Optical brain monitoring e.g. functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)
  • Sound booths
  • Audiometer
  • Tympanometer
  • Equipment for testing speech understanding
  • I64-channel EEG measurement system
  • Specialist psychophysics systems for acoustic hearing and cochlear implants.

    Click here to enquire about our specialised clinical testing facilities .