Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0668313
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
A sustainable cellular factory for the production of antibiotics by photosynthetic bacteria. The range and rate of natural product discovery is the limiting factor in developing new pharmaceuticals. Traditional methods for the screening of these compounds or for their chemical synthesis are rapidly becoming inadequate as an increasing number of specific therapies, for cancers and infectious diseases for instance, are required. The research proposed will enable the design and production of "unnatural" products, including novel antibiotics, via combinatorial biosynthesis in photosynthetic microorgansims. The outcomes include graduate student training and Australian innovation in an enormous global market that is awaiting the next generation of medicines and associated pharmaceutical production technologies.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2006
End Date: 12-2009
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $221,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Agricultural Biotechnology | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Gene Expression | Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) | Biological sciences | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) |
