Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0878174

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0878174

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The evolutionary transition from anaerobic to aerobic metabolism. This project aims to find out how life on Earth survived the revolutionary changes when cyanobacteria first released oxygen into the atmosphere. These events led to a transition from anoxic (oxygen-free) to oxic (oxygen-rich) conditions. A comparative genomic view across a series of photosynthetic organisms will be performed at the molecular level with ecological interpretation. Understanding of what metabolic changes occurred in response to the shifts in the environment will have wide implications for predicting the evolutionary events that are still occurring today, such as rapidly changing climatic conditions. This fundamental research will enhance Australia's profile in this field.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-01-2008

End Date: 02-01-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $800,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Molecular Evolution | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Global Change Biology | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biological sciences | Genetics | Global Change Biology | Molecular Evolution

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