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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...

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...

$5.5m for lactoferrin production
28, Aug 2025

$5.5m for lactoferrin production

QUT researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology are helping to change the face of functional food, sports nutrition and skin care through a landmark project to...

Centre sponsors Australia’s first TERPNET conference
20, Aug 2025

Centre sponsors Australia’s first TERPNET conference

The ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology was proud to sponsor the 16th biannual TERPNET conference last week in Brisbane, an event dedicated to advancing the science of terpenes...

Science Week Bursts Into Life with Synthetic Biology
18, Aug 2025

Science Week Bursts Into Life with Synthetic Biology

The Centre delivered a varied, entertaining and hugely successful National Science Week program, with events lighting up Sydney and Brisbane. At the Australian Museum’s Sydney Science Trail Expo, a volunteer...

Scientists To Turn Blue-Green Algae into Green Gold
10, Jul 2025

Scientists To Turn Blue-Green Algae into Green Gold

In a bold step toward a cleaner, more sustainable future, scientists at the University of Newcastle are transforming humble blue-green algae into a powerful engine for green industry using synthetic...

Report outlines blueprint to grow Australia’s bioeconomy
17, Jun 2025

Report outlines blueprint to grow Australia’s bioeconomy

A report published today into Australia’s bioeconomy has called for a national strategy and outlined the five key steps needed to grow a sustainable economic future. The report, published by Madeline Smith, Dr...