Opening the Vault - CSIRO LAB22

3D printing is reshaping innovation and product development across a range of industries, including biomedicine.

The CSIRO has invested $6 million in a 3D facility, Lab 22, designed to support local industry access state-of-the-art technology and adoption of 3D metal printing. You may recall news last year of a world-first procedure in Melbourne to implant a 3D printed heel in a patient suffering cancer of the heel bone. Lab 22 was used to collaborate with a local medical technology company and one of our partners, St Vincent’s Hospital, to design and fabricate the titanium heel implant that was implanted by surgeons three days later. In another world first, Lab 22 developed a rib and sternum implant for a cancer patient in Spain.

This tour will include a Lab overview and presentation of biomedical applications followed by a tour of the machine stations that make up the facility.

This is a free event, however entry is available only through registration. We have arranged two tours of Lab 22, the first commencing at 4.30 pm followed by refreshments with the second tour commencing 6.00 pm, concluding at 7.00 pm.

Date:
Thursday, 31 May 2018

Time:
Session 1: 4.30 pm – 5.30pm
Session 2: 6.00pm – 7.00pm

Refreshments 5.30pm – 6.00pm

We encourage Session 2 participants to arrive just after 5.30 pm to enjoy the refreshments provided.

Venue:
CSIRO Lab 22
Building 302, CSIRO Clayton
See the map below for parking options.