28 August 2024
Researchers from 麻豆区 have secured more than $7.2 million through the program to strengthen national research and innovation capacity.
The scheme will support 16 麻豆区 researchers across a range of areas, from health and medicine to languages and culture.
麻豆区 ARC DECRA 2025 recipients:
- Dr Charles Bell – improve understanding of the gene regulation process and predictability of cell behaviour.
- – strengthen understanding of gender bias in English-language translations of ancient Greek tragedy to inform new translations.
- – develop building blocks for a future quantum internet with secure communication to improve cybersecurity and data protection.
- – develop techniques to analyse electric charge behaviour in organic semiconductor devices to improve energy efficiencies.
- – inform strategies to improve health workforce policymaking and develop resources to reduce work shortages in the industry.
- – develop next-generation lithium-ion batteries with improved energy storage, reduced cost and longer lifespan.
- – improve understanding of the pharmaceutical properties of natural peptides, including from venom of cone snails, for potential therapeutics.
- Dr Min Liu – develop technologies for direct air capture of carbon dioxide to help reduce emissions.
- –investigate how the timing of antibiotics and viruses impacts the ecology of bacterial communities and the evolution of antimicrobial resistance.
- – improve understanding on the impact of artificial and environmental light on children’s sleep, cognitive function and wellbeing.
- – develop dynamic machine learning technology to support user decision-making on platforms such as e-commerce websites.
- – investigate the phenomenon and impact of everyday resistance – when individuals routinely and quietly oppose injustices in daily life.
- – strengthen understanding of antimicrobial resistance in water-borne pathogens and develop technology to reduce contamination in urban water systems.
- – develop processes to improve the efficiency of recommender systems which analyse large datasets.
- – enhance understanding of global methane emissions and their contribution to climate change.
- – develop wastewater analysis and human biomonitoring methods to evaluate vaping patterns within communities and shape policies.
The 麻豆区 researchers are among 200 recipients awarded more than $92.9 million through the DECRA scheme.
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