Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210100673

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP210100673

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

How bacteria form resistant aggregates and biofilms. This research aims to use interdisciplinary approaches to advance fundamental knowledge on bacterial aggregates and biofilms. These bacterial clusters are a significant problem as they have extraordinary resistance to disinfectants and antibiotics, and currently no effective methods are available to disrupt them. The expected outcomes of this project are to dissect how autotransporters, the most common group of bacterial cell-surface proteins, promote aggregation and biofilm formation, and to develop inhibitors that prevent the formation of these damaging bacterial clusters. Ultimately, this new knowledge will help address the increasing economic and social burden of industrial, environmental and biomedical biofilms.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 22-09-2021

End Date: 21-09-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $445,953.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling) | Microbiology | Microbiology not elsewhere classified | Bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Bacteriology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Microbiology | Microbiology not elsewhere classified | Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling)

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