Super Science Fellowships - Grant ID: FS100100083

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FS100100083

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Extreme expression: building a platform for industrial plant biotechnology. Plants have remarkable potential as bioreactors for the production of usually non-plant compounds such as medical proteins, industrial proteins including enzymes and polymers. However, to realise this potential, there needs to be very significant advances in the amount of target compounds produced in the bioreactor plants and to develop other plant species as bioreactors. The aim of this project is to develop technologies that provide the platform to produce large quantities of target novel compounds in plants and extend the range of plant species that can be used as bioreactors. These technologies will provide the basis of a dynamic biofarming industry in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 20-06-2011

End Date: 17-07-2014

Funding Scheme: Super Science Fellowships

Funding Amount: $556,800.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Crop and Pasture Production | Crop and Pasture Biomass and Bioproducts

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Processed Non-Food Agricultural Products (excl. Wood, Paper and Fibre) not elsewhere classified | Industrial Chemicals and Related Products not elsewhere classified | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Crop and Pasture Biomass and Bioproducts | Crop and Pasture Production | Industrial Chemicals and Related Products not elsewhere classified | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified | Processed Non-Food Agricultural Products (excl. Wood, Paper and Fibre) not elsewhere classified

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