Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR0354640
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$10,000.00
Summary
Young Investigators Network on Next Generation Electronic Devices. This initiative will build an active, dynamic and strongly interdisciplinary network of young Australian scientists (most awarded their Ph.D. after 1985) working on the development of innovative electronic devices - a national research priority area with enormous economic and technological opportunity. The network will enable a nationally coordinated, internationally competitive approach that capitalizes on untapped opportunitie ....Young Investigators Network on Next Generation Electronic Devices. This initiative will build an active, dynamic and strongly interdisciplinary network of young Australian scientists (most awarded their Ph.D. after 1985) working on the development of innovative electronic devices - a national research priority area with enormous economic and technological opportunity. The network will enable a nationally coordinated, internationally competitive approach that capitalizes on untapped opportunities, utilises existing/emerging Australian expertise and develops strong supporting links with similar networks overseas. The initiative will produce a public showcase of Australian strengths and opportunities in this field, and enable stronger collaborations and cooperative logistics management through the development of a dedicated network management website.Read moreRead less
Chemical Insights to Peptide Helix-Sheet-Nanofibre Equilibria. We live in an ageing community that is experiencing exponential growth in neurological diseases that require full time carers and place significant burdens on our health system. Many such diseases are caused by (apparently) abnormal folding of proteins that aggregate into insoluble materials. The chemistry behind these processes is not sufficiently well understood to know precisely why the diseases are caused and how they might be tr ....Chemical Insights to Peptide Helix-Sheet-Nanofibre Equilibria. We live in an ageing community that is experiencing exponential growth in neurological diseases that require full time carers and place significant burdens on our health system. Many such diseases are caused by (apparently) abnormal folding of proteins that aggregate into insoluble materials. The chemistry behind these processes is not sufficiently well understood to know precisely why the diseases are caused and how they might be treated. This project will use new strategies to control peptide folding, provide important new information relevant to understanding such processes/diseases, and teach us how to engineer important new biomaterials that can advance nanotechnology. Read moreRead less