Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0986613

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0986613

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Organophosphate pesticide degradation: evolved enzymes and biomimetics for bioremediation and medicine. Organophosphate (OP) pesticides are an indispensable part of modern agriculture - their use results in dramatically increased crop yields. However, they are toxic and can damage the environment and cause significant health problems. Enzymes are currently being used to treat runoff water that is contaminated with OPs. The same enzymes also have the potential to aid in the treatment of OP poisoning. However, OP degrading enzymes could be improved in many ways - we will evolve these enzymes to enhance their catalytic properties - to enable them to act more efficiently on an increased number of OPs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $422,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Enzymes | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Bioinorganic Chemistry | Inorganic Chemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Agricultural chemicals | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Agricultural chemicals | Bioinorganic Chemistry | Biological sciences | Enzymes | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Inorganic Chemistry | Land and water management

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