Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE180101445

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE180101445

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Structure-based investigations into new modes of action for herbicides. This project aims to focus on identifying and providing protein structure information for new protein targets against which herbicides can be developed. Food security for a growing population relies on agriculture, which in turn relies on herbicides. Presently, herbicide efficacy is under serious threat from resistant weeds. In this project, innovative applications of chemical libraries and exploiting a little-known connection between plants and human parasites will help to resolve the structure of herbicide targets for the development of new herbicides to ensure future food security.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-04-2018

End Date: 01-05-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $365,058.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified | Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified | Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling)

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