Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208130

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0208130

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

THE BIOLOGY OF COLD ADAPTED EXTREMOPHILES: AN INTEGRATED GENOMIC-PROTEIN ANALYSIS APPROACH. Extremophiles are microorganisms that can thrive in otherwise inhospitable environments. Most extremophiles are Archaea; an order of life separate from Bacteria and Eucaryotes. The project will generate the first genome sequence that was initiated in Australia, and the first genome sequence of any cold adapted organism. Associated functional studies include global analyses of protein expression (proteomics) and mRNA expression using micro-arrays, and work targeted at RNA binding proteins and protein folding systems involved in the thermally sensitive process of protein synthesis. The nature and scope of the work will impact on fundamental cellular processes and provide enormous innovative biotechnological potential.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2002

End Date: 07-10-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $426,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Genetics | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Archaebacteriology | Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences | Physical sciences |

Other Keywords

Archaebacteriology | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biological sciences | Microbial Genetics | Microbiology | Physical sciences

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