International Programs

International Science Linkages–Science Academies program 2010-11(round two) grants

Sixty-nine leading Australian scientists have been awarded scientific grants to undertake important international collaborative research under the International Science Linkages – Science Academies Program.

The program supports Australian scientists, from both the public and private sectors, to collaborate with international partners on leading edge science and technology in order to contribute to Australia's economic, social and environmental wellbeing.

Australian scientists will travel to research institutions in China, Korea, Taiwan, Europe and North America to commence their projects in July 2010.

The grant funding is part of the $3.9 million provided to the Australian Academy of Science by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research over the five years of the International Science Linkages – Science Academies Program.

Australian scientists will be working on a diverse range of topics including: cancer, climate change; genomic sequencing; health and ageing; nanotechnology; solar cells and women's health.

Successful exchange participants FY 2010–2011 (round two)

Europe

Researcher	Project	Host Institution
Associate Professor Ian Anderson University of Western Sydney	New insights into the eucalypt: Pisolithus symbiosis via bioinformatics analysis of transcriptomic and genomic data.	Professor Francis Martin INRA, Nancy France
Dr Justin Boddey Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Protein export by malaria parasites during liver cell infection.	Dr Maria Mota Institute of Molecular Medicine Portugal
Dr Jason Bragg CSIRO	Linking systems biology and population genetics to understand complex trait evolution in stable and variable environments.	Professor Dr Andreas Wagner University of Zurich Switzerland
Dr Michael Caley Australian Institute of Marine Science	Regional variation of the effects of global change on marine ecological communities.	Professor Jean-Marc Guarini Oceanological Observatory of Banyuls France Dr Nicolas Loeuille University of Paris France
Dr David Clifford CSIRO	Novel Chromatogram Alignment Methods for Metabolomics in Grape and Wine Research.	Dr Ron Wehrens Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige (IASMA) Italy
Dr Claudio Delle Piane CSIRO	Low frequency elastic properties of shales under in-situ conditions.	Professor David Mainprice Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Switzerland
Dr Bryan Fry University of Melbourne	Temperature specific adaptations of Antarctic octopus venoms.	Dr Dessi Georgieva University of Hamburg Germany
Dr Roslyn Gleadow Monash University	New approaches to limiting the expected increases in toxicity of the tropical crop cassava in response to climate change.	Professor Doyle Mckey Universite de Montpellier II France Professor Birger Moller University of Copenhagen Denmark
Associate Professor Andrew Hill University of Melbourne	Investigating the role of the prion protein as a receptor for Abeta oligomers.	Professor Catia Sorgato University of Padova Italy
Dr Vera Ignjatovic University of Melbourne	The effect of ageing on the changes in platelet proteome.	Dr Angel Garcia Alonso University of Santiago de Compostela Spain
Dr Dianne Jolley University of Wollongong	Metals toxicity in marine microalgae: understanding the effect of metal exposure on the lipid composition of algal cell membranes.	Dr Helene Hegaret Institut Universitaire Europeen De La Mer France Assistant Professor Edouard Kraffe Université de Bretagne Occidentale France
Dr Claudia Keitel University of Sydney	Development of a field-based online measurement system for studying the transport and allocation of carbon in plants and soil.	Professor Dr Arthur Gessler Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Germany
Dr George Khairallah University of Melbourne	Gas-phase uni- and bi-molecular studies on metallic and organometallic systems.	Professor Jean-Claude Tabet Université Pierre et Marie Curie France
Dr Travis Klein Queensland University of Technology	Bioprinting of functionalised hydrogels for zonal cartilage tissue engineering.	Dr Jos Malda University Medical Centre Utrecht Netherlands
Dr Jeffrey Leis Australian Museum	Behaviour, ontogeny, dispersal and connectivity in marine fish populations.	Dr René Galzin Université de Perpignan France
Dr Fabio Luciani University of New South Wales	The evolutionary epidemiology of rapidly mutating viruses.	Dr Samuel Alizon Gnétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses France
Professor Barbara Messerle University New South Wales	Rational Design of Bimetallic Catalysts for Efficient Synthesis.	Professor Odile Eisenstein Institut Charles Gerhardt France Professor Stuart Macgregor Heriot-Watt University UK
Dr Brett Murphy University of Tasmania	Using dynamic global vegetation models to predict the long-term response of northern Australian savannas to fire management and global environmental change.	Professor Steven Higgins Goethe University of Frankfurt Germany
Dr Joanna O’Toole Monash University	Health based targets for drinking and recycled water guidelines.	Dr Ana De Roda Husman National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Netherlands Professor Gertjan Medema Watercycle Research Institute Netherlands
Dr Kara Perrow University of Wollongong	Investigating the Protective effect of PAI-2 in Cancer	Professor Gunilla Hoyer-Hansen Copenhagen University Hospital Denmark
Dr Gianina Ravenscroft University of Western Australia	New frontiers towards improving muscle function for genetic skeletal muscle diseases.	Professor Kay Davies University of Oxford UK Dr Coen Ottenheijm VU University Medical Centre Netherlands
Dr Jonathan Rhodes University of Queensland	Integrating landscape ecology and landscape genetics for biodiversity conservation	Dr Len Thomas University of St Andrews UK
Dr Melanie Rug Waler and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Ultrastructural characterisation of parasite-induced membraneous structures in the malaria-infected red blood cell.	Dr Marek Cyrklaff University of Heidelberg Germany Dr Friedrich Frischknecht University of Heidelberg Germany
Dr Sebastian Sardina Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Approximation techniques for behaviour composition.	Professor Giuseppe De Giacomo Sapienza Università di Roma Italy
Dr Colin Simpfendorfer James Cook University	Developing analystical techniques to study movement and behaviour of acoustically monitored marine organisms.	Dr Esben Moland Institute of Marine Research Norway
Dr Fengwei Xie University of Queensland	Starch-based multilayer nanocomposite materials	Professor Luc Avérous University of Strasbourg France
Associate Professor Firuz Zare Queensland University of Technology	High intensity ultrasound systems for biomedical and industrial applications.	Mr Peter Weber Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Technique Germany

Americas

Researcher	Project	Host Institution
Dr Line Bay James Cook University	Can corals acclimatise and adapt to climate change?	Assistant Professor Mikhail Matz University of Texas USA
Dr Michael Brown Monash University	The growth of galaxies.	Professor Martin White University of California USA Dr Buell Jannuzi National Optical Astronomy Observatory USA
Dr Martina Doblin University of Technology Sydney	Assessing phytoplankton connectivity along Australia’s east cost to investigate the outcome of a strengthening East Australia Current under climate change.	Dr Tatiana Rynearson University of Rhode Island USA
Dr Catia Domingues CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research	Increasing confidence in regional projections of future ocean warming and sea-level rise.	Dr Peter Glecker Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory USA
Dr Anthony Dosseto University of Wollongong	Quantifying past changes in sediment transport to study the response of our environment to climate change.	Dr Kate Maher Stanford University USA
Dr Tim Doyle Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Development of a musculoskeletal model to determine the affect of fatigue on injury risk.	Dr Eric Dugan Boise State University USA Dr Jeff Reinbolt University of Tennessee USA Dr Ajay Seth Stanford University USA
Dr Theodore Evans CSIRO	Invasive termites alter forests and increase greenhouse emissions in the USA.	Professor Brian Forschler University of Georgia USA Dr Alan Lax ARS Southern Regional Research Centre USA Dr Carl Trettin United States Department of Agriculture USA
Dr Stephanie Feih Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	Sustainable recycling of glass and carbon fibre composites.	Professor Scott Case Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University USA
Dr Mark Gibson CSIRO	Determination of the metallic glass forming region via LENS derived composition gradients.	Professor Hamish Fraser Ohio State University USA
Dr Daniel Gomez CSIRO	Surface plasmons and quantum dots: Amplified stimulated emission of light.	Professor Gregory Hartland University of Notre Dame USA
Dr Jenny Ho Monash University	Interfacing surface acoustic wave microfluidics atomisation platform with mass spectrometry for molecular biosensing.	Professor Hsueh-Chia Chang University of Notre Dame USA
Dr Bevan Huang CSIRO	Modernising genetic analysis in crops by harnessing the power of graphic processing units.	Dr Vijay Pande Stanford University USA
Dr Andrew Merchant University of Sydney	Developing novel, phloem based diagnostic tests of plant health and nutrition.	Professor Elizabeth Ainsworth University of Illinois USA Professor Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh University of Washington USA
Professor Barbara Nowak University of Tasmania	Use of genomics to study parasitic diseases of fish farmed in Australia.	Dr Simon Jones Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canada Professor Ben Koop University of Victoria Canada
Associate Professor Sebely Pal Curtin University of Technology	The Prospective Australian Health Weight Registry (PAWCR).	Professor James Hill University of Colorado USA
Dr Alistair Poore University of New South Wales	Chemical warfare: Using pharmacology to understand herbivore tolerance to plant chemical defences.	Assistant Professor Jennifer Forbey Boise State University USA
Dr Martina Sanderson-Smith University of Wollongong	Elucidation of the role of host-plasminogen activators in invasive group A streptococcal disease.	Professor Francis Castellino University of Notre Dame USA
Dr Dawei Wang University of Queensland	Electrochemical reactivity and recognition of oxygen functionalities on thin grapheme oxide nanosheets.	Professor Allen Bard University of Texas USA
Professor Michael Ward University of Sydney	Applications of BioPortal system for infectious disease spread analysis.	Dr Andres Perez University of California USA
Dr Wei Zhang University of New South Wales	Coding for wireless systems with low-complexity receiver.	Professor Xiang-Gen XXia University of Delaware USA

Korea

Researcher	Project	Host Institution
Dr Muthuraaman Bhagavathi Achari Queensland University of Technology	New nanocomposite polymer electrolyte system for durable dye-sensitised solar cells.	Professor Kim Jaekook Chonnam National University
Associate Professor Warrick Lawson University of New South Wales	Fundamental stellar properties of pre-main sequence stars.	Dr A-Ran Lyo Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Dr Yutaek Seo CSIRO	Fundamental study on hydrate kinetics and development of inhibitor screening strategy.	Professor Huen Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Taiwan

Researcher	Project	Host Institution
Dr Thiruma Arumugam University of Queensland	Role of Adiponectin Receptors in ischaemic stroke induced brain injury.	Dr Sung-Chun Tang National Taiwan University
Professor Alexander Babanin Swinburne University of Technology	Giant waves, theoretical and experimental modelling.	Professor Hwung-Hweng Hwung National Cheng Kung University
Dr Chris Burridge University of Tasmania	Genetic variation in the Indo-Pacific fish genus Acanthopagrus.	Professor Jin-Chywan Gwo National Taiwan Ocean University
Dr Ralf Dietzgen Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation	Recombinant rhabdovirus expression system to study host-virus interactions.	Associate Professor Chi-Wei Tsai Taiwan National University
Dr Hung-yao Hsu University of South Australia	Development of a novel automatic hybridisation station with in-situ optical monitoring for DNA microarray technology.	Professor Liang-Chia Chen National Taipei University of Technology
Associate Professor Lingxue Kong Deakin University	Nanocharacterisation of membrane materials for desalination.	Professor Allan Kuo-Lun Tung Chung Yuan Christian University
Dr Lisa Lee University of New South Wales	Strengthening regional border policies to restrict illegal wildlife trade.	Professor Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
Dr John Thomas Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation	Establishment of collaborative research on the diagnosis and control of begomoviruses and tospoviruses.	Dr Lawrence Kenyon Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre
Professor Xiaolin Wang University of Wollongong	Study of the electron spin states in newly discovered transition metal compounds.	Professor Jin-Ming Chen National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center Professor Run-Shi Liu National Taiwan University
Dr Guanglu Zhou Curtin University of Technology	Robust methods for nonlinear matrix optimisation with applications in engineering and business	Professor Soon-Yi Wu National Cheng Kung University

China

Researcher	Project	Host Institution
Dr Zhigang Chen University of Queensland	Development of nanostructured sensors for detection of chemical species.	Professor Hui-Ming Cheng Institute of Metal Research Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr Yuqing Feng CSIRO	Multi-Scale modelling of bubble driven multiphase flow of complex systems.	Professor Jinghai Li Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Zhaowen Wang Northwestern University
Professor Robin Gasser University of Melbourne	Unlocking the secrets of pathogen biology using next-generation technologies.	Professor Huimin Yan Wuhan Institute of Virology Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Xingquan Zhu South China Veterinary Medicine
Dr Youguang Guo University of Technology Sydney	Study on advanced electrical drive for modern transportation vehicles.	Professor Yaohua Li Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Xuefan Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Dr Alice Hayward University of Queensland	Diversity genomics and epigenetics in brassicas and Chinese medicinal plants.	Professor Ying Wang Functional Genomics Laboratory Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Jinling Meng Huazhong Agricultural University
Dr Zhen Li University of Queensland	Preparation and bioapplication of multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles.	Professor Hao Lei Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Bien Tan Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Dr Steven Polyak University of Adelaide	New agents for important infectious diseases.	Professor Lixin Zhang Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences Dr Xiaoguang Lei National Institute of Biological Sciences
Dr Di Yu Garvan Institute of Medical Research	MicroRNA-mediated immune regulation in autoimmune diseases.	Professor Dr Nan Shen Institute of Health Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Zhanguo Li Peking University
Dr Ji Zhang University of Southern Queensland	Privacy-preserving anomaly detection from distributed data streams.	Professor Liusheng Huang University of Science and Technology of China Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Yezheng Liu Hefei University of Technology Professor Yonglong Luo Anhui Normal University