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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...

Mining the genomes of blue-green algae
20, Feb 2025

Mining the genomes of blue-green algae

Cyanobacteria have acquired something of a bad reputation, with the devastating environmental consequences of blue-green algal blooms making headlines on a regular basis. But these unique photosynthetic bacteria have far...

Sound success in ARC funding rounds 
25, Nov 2022

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.  ...