Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP110104725

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP110104725

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolution of the light harvesting system in cryptophyte algae: protein structure to quantum coherence. The purpose of this project is to understand how algae have evolved highly efficient antenna protein systems to capture solar energy when light is scarce and how these systems use quantum physics. The outcome will be an atomic understanding of the antennae, how they are organised and how their design optimises energy capture which may lead to new technologies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2011

End Date: 06-2014

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $330,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Characterisation of Biological Macromolecules | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling) | Biological Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

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