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Sustainability research grant

We're excited to announce that postdoctoral researcher, Dr Sheemal Kumar (Applied BioSciences) in partnership with Levur has been awarded a $495,000 Australia's Economic Accelerator (AEA) Ignite Grant.

With an aim to accelerate the development of sustainable oil substitutes and reducing traditional plant-based sources this project aims to push the boundaries of what is possible in biomanufacturing.

Congratulations to the team behind this exciting collaboration:

  • Macquarie University: Sheemal Kumar, Ian Paulsen Briardo Llorente, Jasperine Phetchareun, Phil Taylor, Belinda Fabian
  • Levur: Tom Collier, Sashika Yalage Don, Joanne Barber, Mark Somerville, Huw Hayman Zumpe.

Thanks to the additional support of:

  • the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
  • Australian Genome Foundry
  • Main Sequence.