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The future of oil and gas could depend on microbes
Opinion piece by Thom Dixon One of the most important moves a fossil fuel company has made in decades has escaped notice. Late last year Woodside Energy, Australia’s biggest independent oil and gas...
Sound success in ARC funding rounds
Centre researchers have excelled in the latest round of Australian Research Council Discovery Grants. And a bid under the Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities grant scheme has also been successful. ...
She’s a superstar of STEM
Dr Taylor Szyszka from the University of Sydney node has been announced as one of Australia’s newest Superstars of STEM. Dr Szyszka is one of 60 diverse brilliant scientists, technologists,...
Science Minister lends light touch to official Centre launch
The Hon Ed Husic MP, Minister for Industry and Science, has officially launched the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology. With $35 million in funding through the...
Chemicals from plastics can kill oxygen-producing ocean bacteria
A new study has found that the chemicals leaching from plastics can change the mix of microbial life in seawater and can harm microbes critical to oxygen production in our...
Using bioengineered yeast to feed humans off-Earth
Take a common form of yeast, a 3D printer, and some clever science, and what do you have? A versatile and nutritious food system for tomorrow’s discerning space traveller. In...
Here’s cheers to a new wild yeast zoo
A citizen science project to unearth the ingredients for new Australian yeast beers has launched in Newcastle, NSW. The Wild Yeast Zoo is a collaboration between CoESB researchers from the University...
Future Fellowship success
Centre members, Dr Amy Cain and Associate Professor Tim Mercer are among 10 mid-career researchers nationally to be named awarded Australian Research Council Future Fellowships. Dr Amy Cain, of Macquarie...
New-to-nature yeast chromosome could be game changer for industry
A completely new-to-nature yeast chromosome has been developed, paving the way for engineered yeast to be applied to an array of industrial applications. Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence...
Communicating with plants in the future
Can we communicate with plants by drawing on First Nations knowledge and futuristic biotechnologies? This question will be explored in an event at Sydney’s Carriageworks for National Science Week 2022....
Rebooting Evolution
The building blocks of life-saving therapeutics could be developed in days instead of years thanks to new software that simulates evolution. Proseeker is the name of a new computational tool...
Four Centre Members secure ARC Discovery Grants
Congratulations to four of our Centre Members who have successfully secured an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects 2022 grant. Professor Colin Jackson (Chief Investigator, ANU) has been awarded a...