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Funding supports vital medical research

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The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has been awarded almost $11 million in funding from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund.

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Ultra-fast plant enzyme dynamics leads to breakthroughs

The structural changes of a barley enzyme.

Researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have uncovered previously unknown properties in a plant enzyme that could lead to advances in cereal production, medical and pharmaceutical industries.

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DECRA funding supports Uni of Adelaide research

DECRA funding

Ten ³ÉÈË´óƬ research projects have received a combined $4.1 million from the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) scheme.

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Making compulsory land acquisition easier

A house in the process of being demolished.

New research on compulsory land acquisition could help to create change and make the process less stressful for impacted households.

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Future Fellowships grant supports drought research

A river runs underneath a blue sky.

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has received more than $1 million in funding from the Federal Government’s Australian Research Council’s Future Fellowships scheme to quantify the economic and social impacts of drought in rural and regional Australia.

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Health leader honoured by bacteria naming

Professor Vladimir Jiranek, Scott Oliphant, and Nicola Spurrier stand holding bread, wine, and bacteria.

Introducing Nicolia spurrieriana – named after South Australia’s Chief Public Health Officer, Professor Nicola Spurrier – which could potentially be used in the fermentation of wine, sourdough bread and pickled foods.

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Hear PhD students’ research - in only three minutes

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³ÉÈË´óƬ PhD candidates have just three minutes each to explain their research that includes subjects like anti-venom, green electricity, diplomatic fashion, the evolution of mobile phones, growing your own food, and asthmatic pregnancies.

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Housing design for older South Aussies under the spotlight

An older man smiles in the kitchen as he makes a cup of tea.

³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers will investigate the quality of housing for older South Australians to improve their wellbeing and resilience to extreme weather.

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‘Micro-fridge’ helps investigate behaviour of atoms and molecules

Purple lights.

³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers are part of an international team of experts who have taken a major step in testing quantum mechanics by cooling glass beads the size of a blood cell to the coldest temperature in the Universe.

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Oldest clinical case of a rare genetic condition discovered

A side-on photo of a 1000 year old skull diagnosed with Klinefelter's syndrome.

A group of international researchers including experts from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has uncovered evidence of a genetic condition that gives men an extra X chromosome, reporting the oldest clinical case of Klinefelter Syndrome to date.

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