Collaborators
Bioanalytical Mass Spectometery Facility (BMSF), UNSW
DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)
J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI)
Centre of Marine Biotechnology (COMB)
Joux, Observatoire d'Océanologie de Banyuls
UltraViolet radiation in marine ECOsystems (UVECO)
Paul Curmi - X-ray crystallography.
Commercial Partners
Aeris Technologies
Environmental Genomics in Australia
The Australian Genome Alliance is lobbying the Federal Government to establish a new genomics research fund to ensure that Australia's unique genetic heritage is harvested by Australia and not by other nations. The national web-site describes the importance of
Australian environmental microbiology, and is highlighted as one of the few national
success stories.
Acylated homoserine lactone (AHL) is a molecule used as a quorum sensing signal by many Gram-negative bacteria
Stromatolites, "living rocks", in Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Western Australia
The Antarctic, a source of a wide variety of psychrophiles and other extremophiles