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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP210102781
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Nanoengineering materials to combat antimicrobial resistance. This project aims to understand how nanoengineered materials can be designed to kill bacteria and fungi without causing antimicrobial resistance. Resistance to antimicrobial drugs already leads to many thousands of deaths annually and costs society billions of dollars. Nanomaterials have unique abilities to attack microbes in multiple ways that could limit resistance. This project will engineer new antimicrobial nanomaterials tailored to selectively kill microbes with reduced likelihood of developing resistance by using synergies between inorganic nanoparticles and antimicrobial peptides. This technology could be used to prevent infections and biofilms on surfaces in a wide range of future applications, such as medical / veterinary devicesFunded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2021
End Date: 02-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $412,269.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Biomaterials | Nanotechnology | Nanobiotechnology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Human Pharmaceutical Treatments (e.g. Antibiotics) | Veterinary Pharmaceutical Treatments (e.g. Antibiotics) |
