Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0775570
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$570,000.00
Summary
Purchase of a high resolution organic mass spectrometer. The diverse research supported by the new instrument is expected to encompass a wide range of beneficial outcomes in the areas of health, plant genetics and breeding, horticulture, chemistry and novel analytical technologies. Genetic studies will lead to improved plant crops and are expected to contribute to new treatments for multiple scleroris and diabetes. Investigations in organic and organometallic chemistry will lead to the productio ....Purchase of a high resolution organic mass spectrometer. The diverse research supported by the new instrument is expected to encompass a wide range of beneficial outcomes in the areas of health, plant genetics and breeding, horticulture, chemistry and novel analytical technologies. Genetic studies will lead to improved plant crops and are expected to contribute to new treatments for multiple scleroris and diabetes. Investigations in organic and organometallic chemistry will lead to the production of better materials, more efficient catalysts and novel drugs. This instrument will provide infrastructure essential to enabling researchers to maintain internationally competitive profiles in these areas.Read moreRead less
Transitions between modes of sex-determination in a changing world. Sex-determination controls the largest variation within animals—the division into males and females. While the different systems of sex-determination—involving genetic or environmental control—are fairly well understood, transitions between these systems remain enigmatic in evolutionary biology. This project aims to address this gap by revealing the molecular change required to transition between systems, using one of only two k ....Transitions between modes of sex-determination in a changing world. Sex-determination controls the largest variation within animals—the division into males and females. While the different systems of sex-determination—involving genetic or environmental control—are fairly well understood, transitions between these systems remain enigmatic in evolutionary biology. This project aims to address this gap by revealing the molecular change required to transition between systems, using one of only two known lizard species exhibiting both genetic and temperature control of sex. This knowledge will have important implications for species conservation, facilitating predictions of highly biased sex ratios under climate change, plus potential commercial applications for species where production of one sex is favoured.Read moreRead less
Genetics of species differentiation and hybridisation in Eucalyptus. Eucalypts are an icon of Australia and of great economic and ecological significance. This project will use genomic technologies to provide novel insights into the evolutionary processes that shape diversity in this genus. This will contribute to the development of better conservation and management practices for this valuable genetic resource.
The genetics of adaptation: changing developmental trajectories in eucalypts. During their life cycles, many animals and plants undergo genetically programmed changes in form. Such changes may be dramatic and rapid as seen in insect metamorphoses or plant heteroblasty, and may have ecological, evolutionary and even economic consequences. The project aims to identify the genes controlling such transitions in Australia's eucalypts.