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AIBN celebrates world-leading bioengineer Sang Yup Lee

Published on: 11 March 2026

Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee awarded the AIBN Translational Research Award.

Professor Sang Yup Lee has been awarded AIBN’s Translational Research Award, recognising his extraordinary global impact in biotechnology and lasting contribution to establishing systems metabolic engineering at AIBN and in Australia.

Fernanda Soto Fernanda is leveraging engineering fungal strains adapted to the harsh conditions of red mud to produce organic acids that effectively bind to and isolate critical elements, potentially creating new metal extraction processes.

How microbes can detoxify mine waste – and unlock valuable rare earth minerals

Published on: 4 November 2024

Researchers at the AIBN are harnessing bacteria to recover valuable materials and help clean up mining waste.

Fermenting the way to net zero with LanzaTech and Dr Sean Simpson

Published on: 10 September 2024

The threat of climate change – the saying goes – is like a frog stuck in a rapidly heating pot of water...

Tradition to Innovation: Aboriginal Landholder Development Program

UQ has developed a strong relationship with the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders community. The AIBN has been instrumental in enabling indigenous science to be translated into indigenous enterprises

Biodegradable Polymers from Gas-Eating Bacteria

The process of producing biomaterials from gas, particularly biopolymers such as Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), can be a reality to sequester carbon.

Nutritious and Delicious? Microbial Proteins through Gas Fermentation

Microbial protein production from syngas, CO2, hydrogen, and methane has been successfully demonstrated in laboratories and at pilot scale.

Syngas Breakthroughs with LanzaTech

Liquid fuels and chemicals can be derived from syngas. Acetogenic bacteria have the ability to use CO and CO2 as carbon sources and CO and H2 as energy sources, leading to the production of acetate, ethanol, and 2,3-butanediol (BDO).