The University of Queensland
The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
through the
Centre for Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), contributes a unique total bio-engineering concept to the existing
consortium. Their research focuses on the science of
chemical self-assembly processing, with the ultimate aim of defining new
products and new process routes for the manufacture of existing products.
The work is innovative as it bridges the often disconnected research areas
of microbial strain design for expression of the peptides and the
bio-processing part. CBE is associated with the Australian Institute
of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and the School of Engineering. CBE provides a unique multi-disciplinary
research environment that brings together scientists and engineers who have
the shared aim of defining the knowledge and process needed to speed the
delivery of complex bioengineered products to society. CBE has
state-of-the-art laboratories and collaborates with a number of leading
research groups both locally and internationally.
UQ is contributing
to BASE using own resources. For this link to the EU-BASE activities, CBE has received a grant from the Australian Government, Department
of Education, Science and Training (DEST) under the
International Science
Linkages (ISL) Programme. Thereby, a true global network to advance peptide
synthesis technology is built.