Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100615

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE160100615

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Harnessing chain-forming diatoms for improved lipid biofuel production. The aim of this project is to unlock the molecular secrets of highly productive chain-forming diatom microalgae that allow them to produce high levels of biofuel lipids. The formation of multicellular chains appears key to the success of some of the most widespread and productive diatom species. Through a combination of systems biology, bioinformatics, and genetics experiments, this project aims to investigate the relationship between chain formation and biofuel lipid productivity in Chaetoceros diatoms, and to discover genes and molecules that encode and influence these traits. The knowledge and technology generated as a result may improve biofuel yields, increase the robustness of species growing in open pond systems, and reduce processing costs such as de-watering.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2016

End Date: 31-05-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $348,200.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Phycology (incl. Marine Grasses) | Microbial Ecology | Environmental Marine Biotechnology | Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Environmental Marine Biotechnology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Microbial Ecology | Microbiology | Phycology (incl. Marine Grasses)

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