Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL190100056

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL190100056

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Funded Activity Summary

Smart Plants and Solutions for Enhancing Crop Resilience and Yield. The Fellowship aims to produce transformative solutions targeting crop resilience and food security. The chloroplast, the site of photosynthesis, regulates a suite of cellular processes that control photosynthesis, growth and drought resilience. It is expected that a first ever blueprint of the suite of communication networks used by the chloroplast will be discovered. I will use synthetic biology to rewire the network in order to generate 'smart plants' that are higher-yielding and more resilient in both good and bad seasons by precisely switching on and off resilience. Such re-imaginings of crop systems, inclusive of societal implications, will help chart the future of Australian agriculture.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2021

End Date: 31-12-2025

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $2,795,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Management of Water Consumption by Plant Production | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Wheat

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Management of Water Consumption by Plant Production | Plant Biology | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Physiology | Wheat

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