Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP220102562

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP220102562

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Exploiting microbial metabolites to understand fungal biology. The project aims to investigate the principles of hyphal growth in fungi, by studying the mechanisms of action of a bacteria-derived compound that inhibits hyphae. Changing cell shape between yeast and hyphae is a prototype developmental switch enabling fungi to escape stressful environments, while hyphal invasion promotes fungal infections of animals and plants that endanger food security and biodiversity. By using interdisciplinary approaches of microbiology and chemistry, the expected outcomes are to generate deep knowledge of an important microbial process and how it could be modulated, characterise a new bacterial compound and build research capacity at the nexus of biology and chemistry to benefit discoveries in academia and industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 13-05-2022

End Date: 12-05-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $549,062.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Genetics | Mycology | Microbiology | Microbiology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Microbial Genetics | Microbiology | Microbiology not elsewhere classified | Mycology

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