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UQ receives $3.8 million from ARC

14 November 2024

UQ researchers have received more than $3.8 million from the Australian Research Council to enhance Australia’s research capabilities and facilities in strategic areas.

Researchers will collaborate with industry to advance manufacturing, engineering and agriculture technologies and establish a facility for microbiology research.

ARC Linkage Projects 2024 Round One:

  • Professor Andrew Whittaker – develop a new method for processing starch, and increase understanding of its effect on starch structure, to produce environmentally sustainable materials and contribute to the growth of bioplastics industries in Australia.
  • Professor Xiwang Zhang – develop a method to increase production of high-quality 2D materials called nanosheets to enhance advanced manufacturing and materials technologies, reduce waste and provide economic benefits.
  • Professor David Craik – create advanced protein-based bioinsecticides with increased potency and production yield, while offering a sustainable and environmentally friendly pest control solution.
  • Professor Jianhua Guo – improve understanding of harmful pathogens that can persist in water supplies and develop efficient water treatments to remove them, which would deliver health, environmental and economic benefits.

ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities 2025:

  • Professor Mark Schembri and Dr Conan Wang – establish a facility to advance microbiology research, which will employ Australia’s most advanced platforms to sort and characterise mixed microbial populations at unprecedented levels of detail and efficiency.

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