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I quit sugar: making biofactories that run on waste
8, Nov 2020

I quit sugar: making biofactories that run on waste

Yeast based biofactories can grow food, fuels, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.  One of the barriers to scaling up biomanufacturing has been supplying the sugar that yeast needs for growth.  Now Macquarie...

Green vegetables get a nutritional overhaul
25, Oct 2020

Green vegetables get a nutritional overhaul

The green vegetables we’ve been told to eat since childhood could be supercharged with nutrients following a breakthrough from an international team of scientists. A new study, published in the...

Paulsen officially a research superstar
25, Oct 2020

Paulsen officially a research superstar

Centre director Professor Ian Paulsen has been named of Australia’s research superstars in an annual list of the Top 40 researchers considered to have made a major contribution to science...

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