Understanding the chemical components that influence the flavour and quality of milk under different pasture management systems. The project will preserve and substantially increase the penetration of Australian milk into the Asian import market for dairy products, which stands at $2.1 billion annually, and is expected to grow at 6.6%per annum over the next 5 years. This outcome can potentially counteract the decline in dairy farm numbers in northern NSW, attract new suppliers to the region, an ....Understanding the chemical components that influence the flavour and quality of milk under different pasture management systems. The project will preserve and substantially increase the penetration of Australian milk into the Asian import market for dairy products, which stands at $2.1 billion annually, and is expected to grow at 6.6%per annum over the next 5 years. This outcome can potentially counteract the decline in dairy farm numbers in northern NSW, attract new suppliers to the region, and stimulate rural community growth and prosperity.Read moreRead less
The role of the transcription factor Runx2 during mammary gland development and lactation. This proposal will further our understanding of mammary gland development and lactation and the mechanisms controlling mammary cell fate decisions such as differentiation. Regulation of cell fate lies at the core of most aspects of cell biology from normal development to dysfunction such as cancer. The knowledge gleamed from this project also has the potential to make economic gains for Australia by increa ....The role of the transcription factor Runx2 during mammary gland development and lactation. This proposal will further our understanding of mammary gland development and lactation and the mechanisms controlling mammary cell fate decisions such as differentiation. Regulation of cell fate lies at the core of most aspects of cell biology from normal development to dysfunction such as cancer. The knowledge gleamed from this project also has the potential to make economic gains for Australia by increasing the profitability and ensuring the sustainability of both the dairy and meat industries. Better understanding of the mechanisms controlling mammary epithelial cell differentiation should enable augmentation of lactation such as increasing milk protein content, using marker assisted selection (of targets such as Runx2) in cattle.Read moreRead less
Fighting disease on farms: how do vaccinations drive evolution of new pathogen strains? Vaccinating against some types of infectious diseases can drive evolution of new variants of the pathogen. This project will show how bacterial populations evolve in response to vaccination in farms, leading to new vaccination strategies and improved vaccine formulations to better control diseases that are caused by highly variable bacteria.
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs - Grant ID: IH130200013
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$4,979,922.00
Summary
ARC Research Hub for advanced breeding to transform prawn aquaculture. ARC Research Hub for advanced breeding to transform prawn aquaculture. This Research Hub aims to bring together world-leading animal geneticists, research and service providers, and Australia's largest prawn farm to gather the genomic resources, commercial phenotypic data, and apply cutting-edge genetic and genomic selection methodologies, leading to the transformative improvement program for a black tiger prawn aquaculture s ....ARC Research Hub for advanced breeding to transform prawn aquaculture. ARC Research Hub for advanced breeding to transform prawn aquaculture. This Research Hub aims to bring together world-leading animal geneticists, research and service providers, and Australia's largest prawn farm to gather the genomic resources, commercial phenotypic data, and apply cutting-edge genetic and genomic selection methodologies, leading to the transformative improvement program for a black tiger prawn aquaculture species globally.Read moreRead less
Optimising Removal of Proteinaceous Foulants from Membranes. Removal of proteinacous foulants from membrane systems imposes both significant economic costs in terms of chemical usage as well as significant environmental costs in terms of water usage and production of effluents from the cleaning and rinsing waters. The outcome of this project should allow us to develop methods for the prediction and optimisation of membrane cleaning performance of relevance to major Australian industries includin ....Optimising Removal of Proteinaceous Foulants from Membranes. Removal of proteinacous foulants from membrane systems imposes both significant economic costs in terms of chemical usage as well as significant environmental costs in terms of water usage and production of effluents from the cleaning and rinsing waters. The outcome of this project should allow us to develop methods for the prediction and optimisation of membrane cleaning performance of relevance to major Australian industries including the dairy, food processing and water and waste water treatment industries.Read moreRead less
Industrial Transformation Training Centres - Grant ID: IC130100021
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,100,000.00
Summary
ARC Training Centre for Advanced Technologies in Food Manufacture. Training Centre for Advanced Technologies in Food Manufacture. This Training Centre for Advanced Technologies in Food Manufacture will enable Australian food processing and manufacturing companies to meet the increasing threats of international competition. It will do this through collaboration between industry and the Training Centre’s food science, nutrition and engineering researchers and the development of innovative technolo ....ARC Training Centre for Advanced Technologies in Food Manufacture. Training Centre for Advanced Technologies in Food Manufacture. This Training Centre for Advanced Technologies in Food Manufacture will enable Australian food processing and manufacturing companies to meet the increasing threats of international competition. It will do this through collaboration between industry and the Training Centre’s food science, nutrition and engineering researchers and the development of innovative technologies.
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The Development of New Carrier Technologies for Spray-Dried Fruit Extracts. This project aims to develop new carrier techniques for spray drying fruit extracts based on the use of natural fibres, with the aim of overcoming a key problem in the operation of spray dryers for producing powders, the deposition of particles on walls. Carriers are non-sticky materials that effectively dilute the stickiness of any materials. The significance is that it will use waste products from fruit processing (th ....The Development of New Carrier Technologies for Spray-Dried Fruit Extracts. This project aims to develop new carrier techniques for spray drying fruit extracts based on the use of natural fibres, with the aim of overcoming a key problem in the operation of spray dryers for producing powders, the deposition of particles on walls. Carriers are non-sticky materials that effectively dilute the stickiness of any materials. The significance is that it will use waste products from fruit processing (the fibres from skins) to overcome this problem, and it will also be possible to dry sticky materials using material from the fruit itself, rather than additives such as maltodextrin.Read moreRead less
Industrial Transformation Training Centres - Grant ID: IC140100026
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,997,000.00
Summary
ARC Training Centre for the Australian Food Processing Industry in the 21st Century. ARC Training Centre for the Australian Food Processing Industry in the 21st Century. The Training Centre will educate a new generation of engineers and scientists and foster the capacity of Australian food industries to further develop advanced technologies in manufacturing and product improvement. The key objective is to support industry production of nutraceuticals for the promotion of health and well-being. I ....ARC Training Centre for the Australian Food Processing Industry in the 21st Century. ARC Training Centre for the Australian Food Processing Industry in the 21st Century. The Training Centre will educate a new generation of engineers and scientists and foster the capacity of Australian food industries to further develop advanced technologies in manufacturing and product improvement. The key objective is to support industry production of nutraceuticals for the promotion of health and well-being. In enabling the production of these nutraceuticals the Training Centre will design cost effective and sustainable processes that minimise waste-products, enhance efficiency and minimize the energy consumption. These high value products have enormous potential globally to boost not only partner company revenues but to significantly increase Australian exports in agribusiness.Read moreRead less
Development of novel omega-3 enriched poultry products. New Health recommendations and changes to the Food Standards Code encourage greater dietary intake of omega-3 (w-3) fatty acids. Our core research on modifying fatty acid composition of poultry tissues and preliminary studies with our industry partner's proprietary fishmeal product (PorcOmega) have indicated the feasibility of producing novel meat products and eggs with high w-3 contents, which would qualify to carry a new nutrition label. ....Development of novel omega-3 enriched poultry products. New Health recommendations and changes to the Food Standards Code encourage greater dietary intake of omega-3 (w-3) fatty acids. Our core research on modifying fatty acid composition of poultry tissues and preliminary studies with our industry partner's proprietary fishmeal product (PorcOmega) have indicated the feasibility of producing novel meat products and eggs with high w-3 contents, which would qualify to carry a new nutrition label. We now propose, in collaboration with our industry partner, to assess the viability of producing such products by conducting poultry feeding trials with PorcOmega on a commercial scale and evaluating both the levels of w-3 enrichement of chicken breast, thigh and sausages, shelf-life and consumer acceptability (sensory evaluation) of these products. We expect to establish feeding strategies for adoption by commercial producers of premium poultry and eggs for local or export markets.Read moreRead less
Wet granule mechanics and their influence on agglomeration behaviour and granulation processes. Granulation is a widely-used particle size enlargement process performed by spraying a liquid binder onto an agitated powder mass. It is currently impossible to quantitatively predict granule growth behaviour in terms of the fundamental properties of the particles and binder. This project will measure and model the deformation of granules and the strength of bonds formed between them and use this info ....Wet granule mechanics and their influence on agglomeration behaviour and granulation processes. Granulation is a widely-used particle size enlargement process performed by spraying a liquid binder onto an agitated powder mass. It is currently impossible to quantitatively predict granule growth behaviour in terms of the fundamental properties of the particles and binder. This project will measure and model the deformation of granules and the strength of bonds formed between them and use this information to predict their growth behaviour. Special attention will be given to the effects of strain-rate and particle morphology in granulation mechanics. Improvements in granulation technology will be of great benefit to food, pharmaceutical, agricultural, explosives and mining industries and opens the way to 'designer granulation' for special purposes.Read moreRead less