Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a growing threat to food crops and livestock, but promising new methods to destroy them are being introduced by a synthetic biology researcher at Flinders University, who has been awarded a prestigious ARC Laureate Fellowship.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a growing threat to food crops and livestock, but promising new methods to destroy them are being introduced by a synthetic biology researcher at Flinders University, who has been awarded a prestigious ARC Laureate Fellowship.
FAME Director, Professor Robert Edwards, has been appointed an ARC Laureate Fellow to progress research that will control phages – viruses that kill bacteria – using artificial intelligence to better protect crops, treat livestock and ensure that food being consumed by the public is safe.
The Fellowship provides up to five years of support, including two post‑doctoral researchers and two PhD scholarships, and research funds of up to $300,000 a year—an ARC investment of almost $4 million that will enable Professor Edwards to pursue an ambitious, high‑impact research program that develops phages designed to destroy bacteria.
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