ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT160100276

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT160100276

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The cell wall substrate delivery mechanisms in plants. This project aims to study the delivery of substrates plants need to biosynthesise sugar polymers. Sugar polymers play key structural and functional roles in plant development and determine quality for all plant-based products including food, textile fibres, building materials and renewable biomass. However, unknown mechanisms regulate and control the transport mechanisms that deliver the building blocks for polysaccharide biosynthesis. This project is expected to increase understanding of nucleotide sugar transport and develop and enhance the biological toolbox for applications involving modelling and engineering of plants, synthesis of industrial biopolymers and production of functional foods.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-03-2021

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $680,568.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Cell and Molecular Biology | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Analytical Biochemistry | Cell Metabolism

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Nutraceuticals and Functional foods | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Analytical Biochemistry | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Cell Metabolism | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Nutraceuticals and Functional foods | Plant Cell and Molecular Biology

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