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National recognition for biotech leaders
24, Nov 2025

National recognition for biotech leaders

Two University of Queensland researchers have earned national acclaim for their work transforming biotechnology into impactful solutions. Professor Lars Neilsen has been named one of Australia's Top 250 researcher while...

Engineered microbes could tackle climate change – if we ensure it’s done safely
21, Nov 2025

Engineered microbes could tackle climate change – if we ensure it’s done safely

As the climate crisis accelerates, there’s a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the air....

Supercharging photosynthesis in crops 
30, Oct 2025

Supercharging photosynthesis in crops 

Australian researchers have created tiny compartments to help supercharge photosynthesis, potentially boosting wheat and rice yields while slashing water and nitrogen use.   Researchers from Associate Professor Yu Heng Lau’s research group at the University of...

Outstanding year for ARC Discovery Grants
30, Oct 2025

Outstanding year for ARC Discovery Grants

In a bumper year for synthetic biology, eight Centre teams have been awarded Australian Research Council Discovery grants for projects ranging from improving protein switches to creating new-to-nature silks. Centre...

Feeding the Future: Cracking the Code of Cyanobacteria Growth
29, Oct 2025

Feeding the Future: Cracking the Code of Cyanobacteria Growth

Scientists worldwide are cultivating cyanobacteria in bioreactors as a sustainable source of biofuels, cosmetics and advanced materials. But the challenge is that fully understanding all the feedstocks they could use...

Simple saliva test could revolutionise heart failure detection
27, Oct 2025

Simple saliva test could revolutionise heart failure detection

Detecting acute heart failure in the future could be as simple as testing a  saliva sample. Australian scientists have developed a biosensor that can rapidly detect the heart failure biomarker...

Why talking to industry makes you a better researcher
9, Oct 2025

Why talking to industry makes you a better researcher

By Jessica Liana, Research student Understanding industry is a way to strengthen research, even if commercialisation is not the goal. That was one of the key messages at the Centre’s...

Launch day for the QUT Pioneer BioPilot
26, Sep 2025

Launch day for the QUT Pioneer BioPilot

The global bioeconomy is currently worth $US4 trillion, a number that’s expected to grow to $US30 trillion by 2040, which would represent a third of total global economic value. Australia...

CoESB 2025 Annual Workshop for Capabilities 2 and 3
24, Sep 2025

CoESB 2025 Annual Workshop for Capabilities 2 and 3

Last month the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology Ethics node at Macquarie University hosted the CoESB 2025 Annual Workshop for Capabilities 2: Industrial Translation and 3: Social Dimensions....

Synthetic Biology Could Cut More Carbon Than All Cars Have Ever Emitted  
18, Sep 2025

Synthetic Biology Could Cut More Carbon Than All Cars Have Ever Emitted  

Synthetic biology technologies could prevent up to 30 gigatonnes of carbon emissions—more than all passenger cars in history have ever produced. This striking finding comes from new research in Global...

How an Industry PhD Student is Tackling Methane
8, Sep 2025

How an Industry PhD Student is Tackling Methane

When chemist-turned-biotechnologist Noelia Rubio moved from Argentina to Australia just before COVID, she didn’t expect her career to take her from studying microbes in the lab to designing solutions for...

Centre Director Wins Eureka Prize for Scientific Leadership
4, Sep 2025

Centre Director Wins Eureka Prize for Scientific Leadership

Centre Director, Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen, has won the prestigious Eureka Prize for Scientific Leadership.  Announced last night at the Australian Museum’s annual gala – widely known as the Oscars...