Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100614

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE160100614

Funding Status
Declined

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolutionary genomics and origin of the molluscan biomineralisation toolkit. The project aims to use new genomes from understudied lineages of Mollusca to identify the genes involved in shell formation (biomineralisation) and infer their function and evolutionary history. The ability of molluscs to biofabricate intricate and robust skeletal structures from sea water is encoded in their genomes. Understanding the ancestral biomineralisation toolkit is of great interest to materials science, which seeks to replicate molluscan biomineralisation in vitro for biomedical and other applications. Understanding the toolkit is an important first step toward synthetic biology techniques to 'print' structures like bones in vitro. Moreover, new genomic resources from molluscs will be of interest to researchers in numerous fields.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: Start date not available

End Date: End date not available

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $363,612.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Zoology | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Genomics | Invertebrate Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

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