Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100213

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP140100213

Funding Status
Closed

Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the .

Funded Activity Summary

Developing an integrated systems and synthetic biology platform to expand the product spectrum of acetogens. This project aims to advance a waste gas fermentation process to enable the production of sustainable aviation fuel molecules for the first time. LanzaTech are world leaders in microbial gas fermentation and have produced ethanol at large scale in China. This project aims to combine the LanzaTech process with systems biology expertise at The University of Queensland to go beyond ethanol to deliver new value-added products such as butanediol and farnesene. To achieve this aim the project will explore, understand and overcome fundamental energy and metabolic limitations in the production microorganism. Achieving the aims will be of direct relevance to SkyNRG and the new Brisbane Bioport on their path to deliver sustainable fuel to Brisbane Airport.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-03-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $600,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Industrial Microbiology (incl. Biofeedstocks) | Synthetic Biology | Systems Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Organic Industrial Chemicals (excl. Resins, Rubber and Plastics) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Industrial Microbiology (incl. Biofeedstocks) | Organic Industrial Chemicals (excl. Resins, Rubber and Plastics) | Synthetic Biology | Systems Biology

Related Links