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Examples of new Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Projects in 2012 - Victoria
LIEF Projects totalling $7 865 000 covering 20 projects
Monash University
Testing facilities for clean energy transformation technologies (LE120100141)
Summary: As the world approaches peak oil production the use of gasification to convert solid fuels to hydrogen and liquid fuels provides a low carbon footprint approach to the cleaner transformation of energy. This testing facility for clean energy transformation technologies will enhance the competitiveness of Australian science and engineering, contributing to the development of new technologies.
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Sankar P Bhattacharya
ARC funding: $300 000
Deakin University
Collaborative high bio-containment immunological research facility (LE120100020)
Summary: Emerging infectious diseases are a serious threat to animals and humans, with most new human infections originating in animals. Our capacity to study these infections and their effects on the immune system is limited. This Facility will provide core equipment for analysis of immune responses to infection at the highest levels of bio-containment.
Chief Investigator: Professor Alister C Ward
ARC funding: $520 000
La Trobe University
Melbourne and La Trobe rapid integrated X-ray diffraction facility (LE120100152)
Summary: This new facility will enable rapid X-ray diffraction studies of macromolecular crystals which are critical in reaching an understanding of cellular signalling events and interactions between microbial pathogens and their host organisms at the atomic level.
Chief Investigator: Dr Marc Kvansakul
ARC funding: $360 000
The University of Melbourne
A 700 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer for the Melbourne Biomolecular NMR Network: A high throughput resource (LE120100022)
Summary: The Melbourne Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Network will enable NMR experiments aimed at discovering new molecules for diagnosing, treating and preventing disease, and identifying and eradicating pests. The new equipment will allow researchers to work with large numbers of samples, to identify the biomarkers of disease and to find new drug candidates quickly.
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Paul R Gooley
ARC funding: $480 000
The University of Melbourne
Internet of Things Testbed for creating a Smart City (LE120100129)
Summary: The Internet of Things Testbed facility replicates the conditions of a city-wide distribution of sensors and data collection applications to model in real time the functioning urban sensing elements of a smart city, translating vast amounts of sensor data into meaningful information and ultimately action.
Chief Investigator: Professor Marimuthu Palaniswami
ARC funding: $270 000
