Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0771043

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0771043

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Molecular fossils, environmental genomics and the natural history of an Australian salt lake. Increasing salinity of lakes is a critical problem for sustainable water supply in Australia. To comprehend the consequences of human-induced salinization, it is crucial to understand salt lakes at their most fundamental level. This project develops pioneering technologies to elucidate the microbial ecology and geochemistry of salt lakes in unprecedented detail. It will open new pathways to unravel how microbial ecosystems adapt to increasing salinization, and how they reacted to climate fluctuations in the past. Students will gain multidisciplinary skills in environmental genomics, proteomics and geochemistry, a unique combination that will become decisive for understanding and preserving ecosystems on our continent.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2007

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $263,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Palaeoecology | Geochemistry | Organic Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate change | Biological sciences | Earth sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Climate change | Earth sciences | Geochemistry | Microbial Ecology | Organic Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Palaeoecology

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