UK partnership aims to revolutionise imaging for drug development
04 May 2021
Nine-partner project including Zepler Institute will develop imaging technologies âat unprecedented resolution and speedâ.
The collaboration is one of nine Prosperity Partnerships announced by the UK Government, to be funded by a total £75 million ($104 million) investment from business, academia and UK Research and Innovation s (UKRI) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Professor Sumeet Mahajan, Professor in Molecular Biophotonics and Imaging at ZIPN, commented, âThis partnership will bring together technology developers and end-users to create transformative opportunities in quantitative imaging of 3D biological samples.
âNovel volume imaging technologies at unprecedented resolution and speed, augmented by machine learning, will bring about a step change in the pre-clinical testing of drug candidates for the pharmaceutical industry and for evaluating t
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Research at heart of new University of Southern Queensland and Granite Belt partnership
Research opportunities for both scientists and students at the University of Southern Queensland have been given a boost with a Memorandum of Understanding between the University and Granite Belt Water Limited (GBW).
Engineering, agriculture, horticulture, hydrology and environment are just some of the research project focus areas that stand to benefit from the new partnership.
GBW is a community-owned entity with oversight of the Granite Belt Irrigation Project that will deliver a 12,074 megalitre dam at Emu Swamp as well as 126km of pipeline throughout the Granite Belt.
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Martian Menu: How to grow food on another planet
As scientists look above with dreams of human settlements on Mars, research is underway into growing food on alien worlds.
The University of Southern Queensland is working with NASA to help pave the way for manned expeditions to the Red Planet by utilising the expertise of Australian crop health scientists.
Ecologist Dr Adam Frew researches sustainable plant production, including how crops respond to environmental change – and, unsurprisingly, said growing food in space is quite the challenge.
“The microbiome of a plant on Earth is made up of all sorts of bacteria and fungi, mainly around the roots, providing vital nutrients,” Dr Frew said.