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Synergising pedodiversity and biodiversity to secure soil functionality. This project aims to understand the coupling between soil physical, chemical and biological diversity at a range of scales and land uses across New South Wales and its relationship with soil functioning. Soil diversity with its coupled biodiversity is crucial for conservation of sustainable ecosystems. Soil diversity varies on a continuum from microbial habitats to elds, catchments and regions. This project will enhance ou ....Synergising pedodiversity and biodiversity to secure soil functionality. This project aims to understand the coupling between soil physical, chemical and biological diversity at a range of scales and land uses across New South Wales and its relationship with soil functioning. Soil diversity with its coupled biodiversity is crucial for conservation of sustainable ecosystems. Soil diversity varies on a continuum from microbial habitats to elds, catchments and regions. This project will enhance our ability to understand the drivers of soil change through time, critical for minimising loss of biodiversity, achieving food and soil security and inferring effects of climate change.Read moreRead less
Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL210100054
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$3,277,650.00
Summary
A calculable approach to securing Australia's soil. Much of our productive land is currently degraded, severely impacting the ability of soils to contribute to planetary health. The aim of this program is to deliver a comprehensive systematic soil monitoring system within a world-first soil security framework. The research will create a detailed reference of the Australian landscape to elucidate impacts on our soil cover. Soil security indicators will be created from which ameliorative actions c ....A calculable approach to securing Australia's soil. Much of our productive land is currently degraded, severely impacting the ability of soils to contribute to planetary health. The aim of this program is to deliver a comprehensive systematic soil monitoring system within a world-first soil security framework. The research will create a detailed reference of the Australian landscape to elucidate impacts on our soil cover. Soil security indicators will be created from which ameliorative actions can be prioritised, while early warning systems will offer predictive capability around emerging threats to soil condition, feeding into best-management practices for regeneration. Outcomes will see soil secured for future generations and Australia at the forefront of soil assessment and restoration.Read moreRead less
Forecasting soil conditions. Not knowing where and how soil responds to climate change and human intervention compromises food, water, climate and energy security. Currently there is a lack of soil process knowledge and data infrastructure collectively causing significant uncertainty and risk in the assessments of key threats to soil. The project devises a transformational digital soil model to forecast where and how soil pH and carbon will change in New South Wales. Tested on sites within Au ....Forecasting soil conditions. Not knowing where and how soil responds to climate change and human intervention compromises food, water, climate and energy security. Currently there is a lack of soil process knowledge and data infrastructure collectively causing significant uncertainty and risk in the assessments of key threats to soil. The project devises a transformational digital soil model to forecast where and how soil pH and carbon will change in New South Wales. Tested on sites within Australia, the model will give insight on the drivers of change and will provide a unique analysis of the effect of climate change and land management on the dynamics of soil.Read moreRead less
Chemical staples and chemical probes to dissect dynamins cellular roles. Modulation of protein structure drives cellular function. Dynamin GTPase forms at least two macromolecular structures with different cellular functions. The drivers behind these different structures is unknown. In this project we will leverage our discoveries, and planned enhancements, of chemical biology probes that will modulate dynamin activity by inhibiting at three distinct sites, and one site that stimulates dynamin a ....Chemical staples and chemical probes to dissect dynamins cellular roles. Modulation of protein structure drives cellular function. Dynamin GTPase forms at least two macromolecular structures with different cellular functions. The drivers behind these different structures is unknown. In this project we will leverage our discoveries, and planned enhancements, of chemical biology probes that will modulate dynamin activity by inhibiting at three distinct sites, and one site that stimulates dynamin activity. It is known that Dynamin helices and rings are believed responsible for at least three in cell biological functions: in hormone, neutral and receptor internalisation; cellular mitosis and in actin dynamics. Prior to this work we have lacked the tools to understand the role of shape modulation of protein function.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE240100707
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$450,926.00
Summary
Towards a molecular fingerprint for human-specific endogenous retroviruses. This project aims to understand how ancient viral sequences resident in the human genome can contribute to cellular processes. Using a novel molecular toolbox that combines affinity-directed proximity labelling mass spectrometry and single molecule microscopy, this project will characterise the cellular fingerprint of a human endogenous retrovirus family HERV-K (HML-2). This fingerprint will comprehensively describe how ....Towards a molecular fingerprint for human-specific endogenous retroviruses. This project aims to understand how ancient viral sequences resident in the human genome can contribute to cellular processes. Using a novel molecular toolbox that combines affinity-directed proximity labelling mass spectrometry and single molecule microscopy, this project will characterise the cellular fingerprint of a human endogenous retrovirus family HERV-K (HML-2). This fingerprint will comprehensively describe how expressed HERV-K loci engage with the homeostasis network in human cells. This will provide significant benefits in the form of new knowledge concerning fundamental aspects of cellular homeostasis, and a state-of-the-art molecular biology toolbox ready to explore quantitatively the role of HERV-K in human health and disease.Read moreRead less