News Archive

Grants Awarded Between 15 June and 15 July 2013

ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS

Winthrop Professor Eric May, Professor Michael Johns, Adjunct Professor Ken Marsh, Dr Anthony Goodwin, Dr Stanley Huang, Mr Brett Eldred, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, Chevron Energy Technology Pty Ltd, Gas Processors Association, Schlumberger Australia Pty Ltd:  'High Pressure Thermophysical Property Data to Advance Natural Gas Processing and LNG Production'- $300,000 (2013-15)

Winthrop Professor Hong Hao, Dr Madhat Abdel-Jawad, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, GexCon Australia Pty Ltd:  'Development of Fuel Storage Tank with Frangible Roof to resist Accidental Explosion Load'-       $162,000 (2013-16)

Winthrop Professor Gary Kendrick, Dr Siegfried Krauss, Professor Ryan Lowe, Dr Kingsley Dixon, School of Earth and Environment, School of Plant Biology, WA Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority (Kings Park):  'Ecological and Genetic Connectivity in Seagrasses:  The Role of Sexual Reproduction, Dispersal and Recruitment on Meadow Restoration'- $375,332 (2013-16)

Dr Boris Baer, Professor Richard Oliver, John Davies, Professor Paul Schmid-Hempel, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, Curtin University of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Better Bees of Western Australia:  'Safeguarding Honeybees:  Understanding Host-parasite Interactions at the Proteomic Level'- $430,138 (2013-16)

Associate Professor Anas Ghadouani, Winthrop Professor Gregory Ivey, Associate Professor Marco Ghisalberti, Dr Wenxu Zhou, Professor Isabelle Laurion, Andrew Chua, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, Water Corporation WA, Water Earth Environment Research Centre INRS Quebec:  'Process Understanding of Treatment Performance of Waste Stabilisation Ponds: Controlling Factors, Novel Performance Indices, and Risk Assessment'-         $412,000 (2013-16)

Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger, Professor Stephen Hill, Dr Giovanni Abbbenante, Dr Keith Wood, UWA Centre for Medical Research, University of Nottingham, BMG Labtech Pty Ltd, Promega Corporation:  'Development of Class‑leading Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer Technologies for Real‑time Monitoring of Molecular Interactions'-            $188,800 (2013-15)

Associate Professor Alistair Paterson, Dr Wendy Van Duivenvoorde, Dr Jeremy Green, Winthrop Professor Roger Watling, Dr Elisabeth Smits, Associate Professor Daniel Franklin, Winthrop Professor David Lumley, Associate Professor Jeffrey Shragge, Associate Professor Paul Bourke, Mr Andrew Woods, Martijn Manders, Michael Nash, Ed Punchard, Mara De Groot, J Hill, Dr Jennifer McKinnon, Centre for Forensic Science, School of Social Sciences, iVEC@UWA, School of Earth and Environment, Curtin University of Technology, Flinders University, University of Amsterdam, WA Museum, British Museum, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, Prospero Productions, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, National Archives of the Netherlands:  'Shipwrecks of the Roaring Forties:  A Maritime Archaeological Reassessment of Some of Australia's Earliest Shipwrecks'-$489,368 (2013-16)

Winthrop Professor Robert Lambert, Professor Alistair Rainnie, Professor Patricia Todd, Associate Professor Bradon Ellem, Professor Andrew Herod, Mr Glenn Thompson, UWA Business School, University of Sydney, Curtin University of Technology, University of Georgia, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union:  'Engineering Service Work, Global Production Networks and Employment Relations in Australian Mining'- $254,845 (2013-16)

Sally Brinkman, Professor Sven Silburn, Dr Tess Gregory, Glenn Pearson, Associate Professor Kimberley Schonert‑Reichl, Associate Professor Martin Guhn, Dr Anne Gadermann, David Engelhardt, Dr Rosemary Cahill, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, University of British Columbia, WA Department of Education and Training, Charles Darwin University, SA Department of Education and Child Development:  'Assessing the Development, Well-being, and Community Connectedness of Children in the Middle Years:  The Middle Development Instrument for Australia'- $223,000 (2013-15)

Assistant Professor Michael Considine, Professor James Whelan, Professor Ryan Lister, Glynn Ward, Dr Kristen Brodison, James Campbell‑Clause, Daniel Newson, Dr Paul Chambers, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, School of Plant Biology, WA Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australian Vine Improvement Association, The Yalumba Wine Company, Australian Wine Research Institute AWRI:  'Genomic Basis of Clonal Variation in Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Grapes'-           $411,582 (2013-16)

Winthrop Professor Mohammed Bennamoun, Dr Michael Molton, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Epiclinic Pty Ltd:  'Improving the Face of Cosmetic Surgery - An Automatic 3D Facial Analysis System for Facial Rejuvenation'-    $270,000 (2013-16)

Professor Mariusz Martyniuk, Winthrop Professor John Dell, Winthrop Professor Lorenzo Faraone, Professor Reza Moheimani, Professor Adrian Keating, Buddhika Silva, Dr Robert Woodward, Dr Roger Jeffery, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, School of Physics, Faculty of Engineering Computing and Mathematics, Panorama Synergy Ltd, University of Newcastle:  'Integrated On-chip Force and Displacement Sensors for High-speed Atomic Force Microscopy of Ultimate Sensitivity'- $200,000 (2013-15)

Winthrop Professor Gary Kendrick, Winthrop Professor Carlos Duarte, Dr Kingsley Dixon, Dr David Merritt, Professor Robert Orth, Eefije Broenland, Michael Williams, School of Plant Biology, WA Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority (Kings Park), Cockburn Cement Ltd, UWA Oceans Institute, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Mitsui Pty Ltd (Shark Bay Salt):  'Overcoming Critical Recruitment Bottlenecks Limiting Seedling Establishment in Degraded Seagrass Ecosystems: A Systems Approach to Restoration'- $335,772 (2013-16)

ADVANCED GEOMECHANICS

Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems:  'Investigation of Intact Tube Samples for Wheatstone Development'-$12,250 (2013)

ATTERIS PTY LTD

Winthrop Professor Liang Cheng, Hongwei An, School of Civil and Resource Engineering:  'O-Tube testing of stability of Macedon Umbilicals'-        $77,050 (2013)

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE

Assistant Professor Dianne McLean, Laura Fullwood, School of Plant Biology:  'Analysis of fish assemblage structure from baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (stereo-BRUVs) deployed in the Timor Sea region'-          $31,903 (2013)

BOSTON UNIVERSITY EX NIH

A/Prof Bela Suki, Dr Elizabeth Bartolak‑Suki, Professor Jennifer Pillow, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Women's and Infants' Health, Boston University, Massachusetts:  'Endogenous Surfactant Therapy for the Developing Lung'-            $103,488 (2013-14)

BRIGHTSPARK FOUNDATION

Assistant Professor Siobhan Reid, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health:  'Siobhán Reid - 2013 Fellowship - Hitting the Right Spot:  Optimising Treatment with Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A in children with Cerebral Palsy' (2013-16)

CSIRO EX SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ENDOWMENT FUND SIEF

Dr Robert Hough, A/Prof Steven Reddy, Professor Thompson McCuaig, Doctor Ian Tyler, Winthrop Professor Michael Dentith, Associate Professor Jeffrey Shragge, Professor John Miller, Professor Marco Fiorentini, Dr Alan Aitken, School of Earth and Environment, Curtin University of Technology, CSIRO, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET:  'Distal Footprints of Giant Ore Systems - UNCOVER Australia'- $1,200,000 (2012-16)

DIABETES AUSTRALIA RESEARCH TRUST (DART)

Associate Professor Fang‑Xu Jiang, UWA Centre for Medical Research:  'Driving Pdx1 + Stem Cells to Become Insulin-Secreting Cells'-     $60,000 (2013-13)

MCCUSKER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Associate Professor Susan Byrne, School of Psychology:  'The Strong Without Anorexia Nervosa - SWAN - Study - A Randomised Controlled Trial of Three Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa in Adults'-          $50,000 (2013)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Ms Sarah Foster, School of Population Health, 'NIRIS 2013-$10,000 (2013)

NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION

D r Jennifer Stone, University of Melbourne, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease:  'Understanding Mammographic Density and Making it a Clinically Useful Predictor of Breast Cancer Risk'-(2014-17)

PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Dr Guicheng Zhang, Winthrop Professor Peter Le Souef, Adjunct Professor Jack Goldblatt, Siew-Kim Khoo, Joelene Bizzintino, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children:  'Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling in children with acute asthma and HRV-C infection'-$72,600 (2013-13)

STATE HEALTH RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL (SHRAC)

Winthrop Professor Gary Hulse, Erin Kelty, Hanh Ngo, Professor Elizabeth Geelhoed, Mr Graeme O'Neil, Robert Hansson, Professor Sean Hood, Associate Professor Moira Sim, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Population Health, Edith Cowan University, Chemistry Centre WA, Go Medical Industries:  'Assessing Long-term Health Outcomes Associated with Naltrexone Implant, Compared to Methadone or Buprenorphine Maintenance, as Treatments for Opioid Dependence:  Implications for planning and implementation of Opioid Dependence Treatment Services in WA'-            $320,500 (2013-16)

TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE

Professor Jorg Imberger, Associate Professor Clelia Marti, Centre for Water Research:  'Lake Monger - understanding of its functioning'- $83,111 (2013-15)

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE EX ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS

Dr Sally Treloyn, Winthrop Professor Jane Davidson, Associate Professor Kathryn Marsh, Dr Andrea Emberly, Associate Professor Robert Faulkner, Patsy Bedford, Siobhan Casson, Graduate School of Education, School of Music, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, Kimberley Language Resource Centre:  'Children Knowledge and Country - Evaluating and Developing Music Based Strategies for Teaching and Learning in Remote Aboriginal Communities in Western Australia'- $24,726 (2013-14)

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY EX DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING

Professor David Thwaites, Dr Andrew Fielding, Dr Rick Franich, Assistant Professor Michael House, Dr Judith Pollard, Professor Anatoly Rosenfeld, School of Physics, Queensland University of Technology, University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, University of Wollongong, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology:  'The National Medical Physics University Network'-       $83,330 (2013-14)

Professor David Thwaites, Dr Andrew Fielding, Dr Rick Franich, Assistant Professor Michael House, Dr Judith Pollard, Professor Anatoly Rosenfeld, School of Physics, Queensland University of Technology, University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, University of Wollongong, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology:  'Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Conjoint Academic Posts'-          $104,940 (2013-14)

UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA EX COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEME CRIS

Winthrop Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Tasmania:  'Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders ANFOG'-$210,815 (2013-14)

WHEATBELT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Professor Matthew Tonts, Professor Paul Plummer, School of Earth and Environment:  'Information Management and Regional Development Partnership'-        $70,000 (2013-13)