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High Performance Computing (HPC) has revolutionised the Life Sciences by giving researchers the tools necessary for collecting, cross-referencing and visualising huge amounts of biological data. Technological advances in computing have allowed scientist's new insight into fundamental biological processes and the cause of many diseases through visualisation and simulation of these molecular scale phenomena.

VPAC maintains a wide range of software and hardware for scientific researchers to aid and complement their research efforts. VPAC also offers scientific expertise to help researchers make full use of these resources.

Capabilities

Clients

  • Burnet Institute
  • Department of Primary Industries
  • Melbourne Health
  • Royal Children's Hospital
  • St Vincent's Hospital
  • Victorian Infectious Disease Laboratory (VIDRL)

Contact

For further information regarding VPAC’s Advanced Computing solutions for the Life Sciences sector, please email lifesciences@vpac.org or phone +61 3 9925 4645.

Featured Media

Selected case studies. See all 3 case studies for Life Sciences.

  • Aprenavir binding site showing water interactions
    Modelling HIV Protease Mutations

    High performance computing was used to investigate the effects of resistance mutations within a crucial enzyme of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) towards a range of antiviral drugs.

  • Cadherin WT and Mutant Models
    Cadherin Modelling

    Cadherins are a class of calcium dependent molecules which are responsible for adhesion between cells.

  • HIV reverse transcriptase
    Modelling HIV Reverse Transcriptase

    High performance computing was used to investigate the effects of resistance mutations within a crucial enzyme of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) towards the antiviral drug Nevirapine.