Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE210100291

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE210100291

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Conferring life-like functions to protocells. For life to have arisen, simple self-assembled chemicals must have performed key life-like functions. This project aims to generate new knowledge in the fields of soft condensed matter physics and astrobiology by understanding how primitive life could have obtained nutrients and completed “cell” division without proteins. This ambitious goal is expected to not only contribute towards understanding the origins of life, one of the grand challenges in science, but also to elucidate principles in membrane biophysics and self-assembly. The fundamental scientific findings will be applied to making responsive capsules that can confer advanced functionalities to soft materials. Several international collaborations are anticipated.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2021

End Date: 29-06-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $414,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astrobiology | Soft Condensed Matter | Condensed Matter Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

Astrobiology | Condensed Matter Physics | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Soft Condensed Matter

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