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Unravelling a novel stress-signalling system in bacteria. This project aims to investigate the cyclic-di-AMP signalling system in industrially important bacteria. The recently discovered cyclic-di-AMP is essential for normal bacterial growth and plays key roles in heat and antibiotic resistance, metabolism and virulence. This project will develop new biological assays to shed light on how bacteria sense and respond to environmental stress. Expected outcomes include a much deeper understanding of ....Unravelling a novel stress-signalling system in bacteria. This project aims to investigate the cyclic-di-AMP signalling system in industrially important bacteria. The recently discovered cyclic-di-AMP is essential for normal bacterial growth and plays key roles in heat and antibiotic resistance, metabolism and virulence. This project will develop new biological assays to shed light on how bacteria sense and respond to environmental stress. Expected outcomes include a much deeper understanding of signalling inputs and outputs. This should lead to benefits such as guiding the improvement of bacterial strains used in food and biochemical biotechnological applications, and may provide the foundation for the development of novel antibiotics.Read moreRead less
Smarter fermentations through starter culture genomics. Australia makes over $1 billion dollars worth of cheese each year, however fermentation can be adversely affected by virus (phage) attack or sub-optimal strain mixtures. The latest genomics and molecular biology approaches will be used to characterise and optimise starter culture strains leading to improved flavour, quality and efficiency in cheese making.