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Researchers have developed a cost-effective method of converting agricultural waste biomass into commercially valuable chemicals for food production, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and other industries.

Trau group researchers are using nanotechnology for fabrication-free disease biomarker detection within a fluidic droplet. The “lab-in-a-drop” system can be extremely useful for the detection of disease nucleic acid biomarkers.

Associate Professor Claudia Vickers is a group leader working in the area of Industrial Biotechnology at AIBN. She uses synthetic biology approaches to answer key fundamental biological questions, and to develop and improve industrial bio-processes.

Associate Professor Jessica Mar is a group leader working in Stem Cell Ageing and Regenerative Engineering at AIBN. She and her team are developing new bioinformatics methods to understand how regulatory processes go awry in human diseases.

AIBN group leader Dr Chunxia Zhao is developing novel bio-inspired functional materials for applications in controlled release and drug delivery.