$2.9 million for new collaborative research

Professor Alan Cooper (ARC Federation Fellow and Director, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA) has been awarded $500,000 for his collaborative project on "Environmental Genomics".
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Thursday, 28 May 2009
Ten new research projects led by the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊÆ±¹ÙÍø have today been awarded more than $2.9 million in Federal funding, with projects spanning the fields of environment and ecology, water, agriculture, finance, health, genetics and marketing.
The funding has been announced in Round 2 of the (ARC) scheme for 2009.
The successful projects and funding are:
- Environmental Genomics: mining, climate change, water, crime and health
$500,000 to Professor Alan Cooper (ARC Federation Fellow, ; and Director, ) - Role of alanine aminotransferase in improved nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in cereals
$480,000 to Dr Brent Kaiser (Senior Lecturer, ) - Reduced water consumption in commercial malting processes
$450,000 to Professor Geoff Fincher (Deputy CEO of the (ACPFG)) - Proteomic analysis of central nervous system inflammation in multiple sclerosis
$375,000 to Professor Shaun McColl (Microbiology & Immunology Professor,