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Core Facilities

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's Core Facilities are shared research resources that support a wide community of users. These shared resources may include unique physical infrastructure, accompanied by expertise or services based around that infrastructure.

4D LABS

is ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's open-access applications and science-driven core facility. It offers fully-customized research and development programs for researchers, start-ups and industry in any sector.

Scientific Director
Neil Branda | 4dlabs_dir@sfu.ca

Big Data Hub

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV is investing in the growth of data-intensive research across all eight faculties to raise awareness of big data in every field of study and mobilize knowledge for real world impact.

Scientific Director
Fred Popowich | bdi_dir@sfu.ca

BIO3 Lab

³§¹ó±«â€™s BIO3 Lab is one of a few biosecure facilities in Canada that are certified by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Researchers can safely conduct research activities on Risk Group 3 pathogens to help advance breakthrough discoveries that will benefit society. Lab services and access is currently only available to the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV research community.

Scientific Director
Ralph Pantophlet | rpantophlet@sfu.ca

ImageTech Lab

The result of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's partnership with Fraser Health, ImageTech Lab is a world-class medical imaging research facility—the first of its kind in Western Canada. 

Scientific Director
Alex Wiesman | imagetech_dir@sfu.ca

WearTech Labs

WearTech Labs is an ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Core Facility that works with academia and industry to research and develop wearable technology that improves our lives.

Co-Scientific Directors
Edward Park | ed_park@sfu.ca
Max Donelan | max_donelan@sfu.ca

Public Knowledge Project (PKP)

The is a multi-university initiative developing (free) open source software and conducting research to improve the quality and reach of scholarly publishing.  PKP is best known for Open Journal Systems (OJS): the world's most widely used journal management and publishing system.

General Inquiries
pkpinfo@sfu.ca

Scientific Director
Juan Alperin | jalperin@sfu.ca

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Clean Hydrogen Hub

Located at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's Burnaby campus, The ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Clean Hydrogen Hub is new core facility that brings together industry, community, academia and government partners to advance the clean energy transition.