[Aqualist] ARC LIEF outcomes for 2016

[Simon Haberle]

Dear colleagues,

The ARC have announced the 2016 project outcomes for LIEF applications. The list below includes all those who have been successful in Quaternary related research including Archaeology. There are 2 successful grants that will build capacity in these fields of research into the future.  Congratulations to all (apologies if I have missed anyone and if so please let me know).

Cheers, Simon

LIEF

The Australian National University

Professor Richard Arculus; Associate Professor David Cohen; Associate Professor Stephen Gallagher; Professor Paulo Vasconcelos; Professor Christopher Elders; Professor John Foden; Professor Millard Coffin; Associate Professor Oliver Nebel; Dr Helen McGregor; Dr Michael Clennell; Dr Craig Sloss; Dr Andrew Heap; Associate Professor Jody Webster; Dr Anthony Kemp; Professor Simon George
Australian membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program: This project is for a 5-year membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program, the world's largest collaborative research program in earth and ocean sciences addressing international priorities. The program conducts seagoing coring expeditions and monitoring of instrumented boreholes to study the history and current activity of the Earth, recorded in sediments and rocks below the seafloor. The program's aims include understanding past global environments on multiple time scales, the deep biosphere, plate tectonics, occurrence and distribution of resources, and generation of hazards. Several multinational expeditions are scheduled and planned in our marine jurisdiction and within the Australasian region. Total: $10,000,000


The University of Western Australia

Professor David Sampson; Professor Michael Berndt; Professor Shaun Collin; Dr Elin Gray; Dr Massimiliano Massi; Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger; Dr Jeremie Rossy; Professor Ian Small; Dr Killugudi Swaminatha-Iyer; Professor Richard Thompson; Professor Mel Ziman
A single-molecule super-resolution microscopy facility in Western Australia: The project aims to establish a facility combining single-molecule imaging with super-resolution microscopy to enable biologists in Western Australia to resolve and directly observe interacting macromolecules in plants, animals and organisms, Interacting macromolecules form the basis of cell biology. Imaging and characterising such interactions in living cells and tissues has become possible with the latest molecular imaging techniques and super-resolution optical microscopy (with spatial resolutions of 20 nanometres or better). The facility seeks to advance science across diverse regional priorities in agriculture, environment, marine ecology, medicine and health. Total: $850,000