Advanced compound storage with real-time inventory management.
Compounds Australia's storage capability combines automated storage and advanced inventory management (Cenevo, Mosaic) to preserve compound integrity and ensure complete sample traceability.
Backed by more than 20 years as Australia's national compound management facility, we provide trusted stewardship of compound collections at scale.
Our sample storage platforms
Our automated sample storage solutions preserve compound integrity while ensuring collections remain accessible when needed. Collections can be managed as either Open Access, enabling use by the broader research community, or Closed Access, with access restricted to the depositor and authorised collaborators. Through flexible storage and access models, we support secure stewardship, controlled collaboration, and the long-term management of valuable compound collections.
Secure, environmentally-controlled storage
Controlled storage conditions (-20°C, 4°C, or 18°C) preserve compound integrity. Automated infrastructure accommodates collections of any size, from individual projects to large institutional holdings.
Depositor retains intellectual property
Compounds Australia does not take any stake in intellectual property.
Fully tracked, auditable sample management
Advanced inventory management provides complete sample traceability, real-time inventory visibility, and fully auditable usage records throughout the collection lifecycle.
Our instruments
Our state-of-the-art storage systems provide the precision and reliability required to maintain high-quality compound collections. Through routine performance verification and ongoing sample analysis, we generate robust quality data that helps ensure compound integrity and supports reproducible research outcomes.
- Dedicated storage system for up to 400,000 FluidX™ AcoustiX™ microtubes and 4,000 Labcyte Low-Dead Volume microplates (DMSO-solubilised samples only).
- Fully integrated via robotic arm to the HighRes Biosolutions robotic sample management platform equipped with Beckman Echo 650T and Agilent Bravo.
- Tightly regulated to 18°C and <10% relative humidity.
- Capacity for >550,000 FluidX™ tubes and >10,000 plates, with flexible configuration to accommodate a range of labware (DMSO-solubilised samples only).
- Tightly regulated to 4°C and <10% relative humidity.
- Combined microtube and plate picker and environmentally controlled thawing module and handoff arm.
- Fully Integrated via automated handoff with Microtube Platform.
- Automated and tracked -20°C sample storage for water-and DMSO-solubilised samples.
- Integrated tube picking in controlled low-temperature, low-humidity conditions (-20°C, <10% RH)
- Capacity for up to 90,000 samples (FluidX™ tubes).
- Primarily archival storage, with access to environmentally controlled thawing modue and sample processing platforms enabled via manual technician support.
Tubes
| Supported labware* | Volume | Storage system |
|---|---|---|
FluidX 0.5mL External Thread Next Gen Jacket Tubes with 2D Code on tube base; capped with FluidX External Thread Screw Caps | 50 – 500 µL | Hamilton Verso M3 & Q75 |
FluidX™ AcoustiX™ Sample Tube – Labcyte® Echo® Qualified Consumable | 20 – 70 µL | Azenta SampleStore™ |
Microplates
| Supported labware | Volume | Storage system |
|---|---|---|
Greiner 650201 96-well Microplate, PP, U-bottom Clear | 30 – 300 µL | Hamilton Verso M3 |
Corning 3363 96-well Microplate, PP, V-bottom Clear | 1-250 uL | Hamilton Verso M3 |
Axygen 120 SQC 384-well Microplate, PP, V-Btm, Clear | 1-120 uL | Hamilton Verso M3 |
Greiner 784201 384-well Microplate, PP, Small Volume, Deep Well, Clear | 1 – 90 µL | Hamilton Verso M3 |
Labcyte PP-0200 Echo Qualified 384-well Polypropylene Microplate 2.0 (384PP 2.0) Flat bottom, Clear | 15 – 65 µL | Hamilton Verso M3 |
Labcyte LP-0200 Echo Qualified 384-well Low Dead Volume Microplate (384LDV) Flat bottom, Clear | 2.5 – 12 µL | Azenta SampleStore™ |
Labcyte LP-0400 Echo Qualified 1536-well Low Dead Volume Microplate (1536LDV) Flat bottom, Clear | 1.0 – 5.5 µL | Azenta SampleStore™ |
*Compounds Australia can support storage of other standard SBS PP Microplates on request.
“Compounds Australia provide us with reliable services in managing our drug libraries and preparing screening plates for drug sensitivity testing of cancer patient samples, which is a vital element in us being able to deliver accurate data in a timely fashion for our personalised medicine program.“
– Tim FailesSenior Drug Discovery Officer, Children's Cancer Institute
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Contact details
- Phone
- (07) 3735 4445
- Location and postal address
- Compounds Australia
- Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics
- Griffith University
- Building N75
- Brisbane Innovation Park
- Don Young Road
- Nathan QLD 4111
