National Imaging Facility (NIF) is Australia's advanced imaging network. We provide open access to flagship imaging equipment, expertise, tools, data and analysis.

News

Precision medicine breaks postcode and time barriers for people living with epilepsy

The Australian Epilepsy Project has seven MRI scanning sites across five states as part of a national network to provide…

15 October 2025

Scaling up national networks for imaging that supports increased dementia management

As newly approved donanemab and lecanemab hit the market for Australian patients, NIF acknowledges the urgently rising need for advanced…

13 October 2025

NIF helps power a world-first AI model of progression for muscular dystrophy patients

In a world-first, an AI-powered model for disease progression of a common type of muscular dystrophy has been developed using…

09 October 2025

National award for Neurodesk’s pioneering open-science neuroimaging platform

Neurodesk’s innovative ability to help researchers process and analyse massive neuroimaging datasets was recognised late last month at the 2025…

07 October 2025

Your experiences, heard: results of our 2025 NIF User Experience Survey

Expanded reach, strong satisfaction, and work aligned with strategic priorities. Vital to shaping NIF’s future and ensuring it remains a foundation…

07 October 2025

New 3T MRI University of Sydney scanner joins NIF’s network

Last week, a new Cima.X 3T MRI instrument was unveiled at NIF’s University of Sydney Node (Clinical Research Facility). Its…

17 September 2025

“Supercharging” cancer, heart and neurological care and research for a burgeoning WA population

Last week, WA NIF hosted Hon. John Carey MLA and Hon. Meredith Hammat MLA as they toured the installation of…

15 September 2025

7T MRI used to map brain’s control of pain signals

Researchers have used one of the two 7T MRI instruments in Australia at the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Brain Centre…

12 September 2025

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Upcoming Events

10th Annual Symposium of the Australian Society of Molecular Imaging (ASMI2025)

This year’s ASMI symposium event brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines interested in the application of molecular…

WHEN: 16 October, 2025

FoundingGIDE Community Event 2025

The foundingGIDE Community Event 2025 is taking place in Brisbane, Australia. It will focus on ideas exchange between bioimage data…

WHEN: 17 October, 2025

2025 ISMRT Australian and New Zealand Chapters Joint Meeting

You’re invited to the 18th ISMRT Australian and New Zealand Chapters Joint meeting, to be held on the 15 and…

WHEN: 15 November, 2025

UNSW Biological Resource Imaging Laboratory (BRIL) new capabilities launch and symposium

The UNSW Biological Resource Imaging Laboratory and National Imaging Facility invite you to the launch of our new/improved capabilities. Join…

WHEN: 18 November, 2025

Our Programs

Advanced 
Human Imaging

We provide cutting-edge imaging capabilities essential for studying brain function, disease states, aging, and drug development; and help address health challenges like dementia, epilepsy, stroke and mental health.

Preclinical and 
Frontier Imaging

We provide specialised infrastructure for advanced imaging of preclinical models, plants, specimens, materials and minerals – advancing Australia’s industries and digitising its national-priority collections.

Radiopharmaceuticals

We support the development of radiopharmaceuticals and enable access to cyclotrons for producing radioisotopes, vital for diagnosis and therapy.

Imaging Data Collections and Partnerships

We play a pivotal role in creating imaging data collections of national priority, and working to deploy digital infrastructure and expertise to support critical medical research and facilitate applying AI solutions in healthcare.

Publications

Somatotopic organization of brainstem analgesic circuitry

Lewis S. Crawford, Fernando A. Tinoco Mendoza, Rebecca V. Roberston, Noemi Meylakh, Paul M. Macey, Kirsty Bannister, Tor D. Wager, Vaughan G. Macefield, Kevin A. Keay, Luke A. Henderson

Science

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Democratizing open neuroimaging: Neurodesk’s approach to open data accessibility and utilization

Thuy T Dao, Michèle Masson-Trottier, Fernanda L. Ribeiro, Joshua Scarsbrook, Ashley Stewart, Xincheng Ye, Edan Hamilton, Steffen Bollmann, Aswin Narayanan

Aperture Neuro

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A Scalable Toolkit for Modelling 3D Surface-Based Brain Geometry

Yanghee Im, Lila Nabulsi, Melody J.Y. Kang, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Ana M. Diaz Zuluaga, Anders M. Dale, Andriana Karuk, Annabella Di Giorgio, Bensen Mwangi, Boris Gutman, et. al.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Quantifying facial affect changes in psychotic disorders with machine learning

Jayson Jeganathan, Renate Thienel, Michael Breakspear

Psychiatry Research

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