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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers have received more than $3.8 million from the Australian Research Council to enhance Australia’s research capabilities and facilities in strategic areas.

Researchers will collaborate with industry to advance manufacturing, engineering and agriculture technologies and establish a facility for microbiology research.

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• – develop a new method for processing starch, and increase understanding of its effect on starch structure, to produce environmentally sustainable materials and contribute to the growth of bioplastics industries in Australia.
• – develop a method to increase production of high-quality 2D materials called nanosheets to enhance advanced manufacturing and materials technologies, reduce waste and provide economic benefits.
• – create advanced protein-based bioinsecticides with increased potency and production yield, while offering a sustainable and environmentally friendly pest control solution.
• – improve understanding of harmful pathogens that can persist in water supplies and develop efficient water treatments to remove them, which would deliver health, environmental and economic benefits.

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• and  – establish a facility to advance microbiology research, which will employ Australia’s most advanced platforms to sort and characterise mixed microbial populations at unprecedented levels of detail and efficiency.

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