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.
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
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs - Grant ID: IH120100005
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$5,000,000.00
Summary
Dairy Innovation Hub: transformational research to underpin the future of the Australian dairy manufacturing industry. Dairy Innovation Hub: transformational research to underpin the future of the Australian dairy manufacturing industry. The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland and Dairy Innovation Australia will join in this Research Hub to address significant technical challenges facing the dairy manufacturing industry. The Research Hub will develop transformational processing ....Dairy Innovation Hub: transformational research to underpin the future of the Australian dairy manufacturing industry. Dairy Innovation Hub: transformational research to underpin the future of the Australian dairy manufacturing industry. The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland and Dairy Innovation Australia will join in this Research Hub to address significant technical challenges facing the dairy manufacturing industry. The Research Hub will develop transformational processing technologies and innovative products to enhance productivity, growth and sustainability.Read moreRead less