Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170103153

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP170103153

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Engineering an artificial protein molecular motor. This project aims to use non-motor protein building blocks to construct an artificial protein motor. Nature already uses nanotechnology as the basis for all its machinery, and uses proteins to construct machines. Each protein component in the motor will have a well-understood function; this artificial protein will elucidate how it converts chemical energy to motion. This process is not understood as molecular motors do not obey the same principles as macroscopic machines. Comparing the artificial motor with biological motors will provide insight into the workings of natural motors. This project should lead to molecular motors for nanobiotechnology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2017

End Date: 12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $381,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nanotechnology | Nanobiotechnology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

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