State-of-the-art DNA lab for WA Museum

Opening of new facility a significant milestone for WA Museum
$1.6million provided by Rio Tinto Iron Ore in 2010 for development of lab
Research projects include discovery and characterisation of new species
Read full media release here: www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au

If you could not make the event, HD video footage and high resolution photography has been made available for media use. All content is copyright of the Western Australian Museum:

Photography

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Click here to download the HIGH RESOLUTION images in a zip folder
[ 15.14MB ]

Video

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Interview with Museum CEO Alec Coles about the lab
[ MOV 387mb | Approx 5:25 duration ]
Alternatively, Watch the video online.

footage
Stock footage of scientists using the lab
[ MOV 452mb | Approx 6:00 duration ]

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Audio

Interview with Museum CEO Alec Coles about the lab
[ MP3 10mb | Approx 5:25 duration ]
(full quality 285mb WAV file available on request).

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Molecular Lab Launch:

Date: 2 February, 2012
Location: Western Australian Museum
49 Kew Street, Welshpool

Media contact:

Denise Johnson
Western Australian Museum
(08) 9212 3860
0414 381 761
denise.johnson@museum.wa.gov.au

“This facility will become the hub of the museum’s research in understanding and identifying WA fauna.”

John Day, MLA, Minister for Planning; Culture and the Arts; Science and Innovation.