ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls

October 24, 2011
Filed under: News — Tags: , — Karen Chance @ 6:01 am

The ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls is a seven year collaboration between the Universities of Adelaide, Melbourne and Queensland in partnership with SA State Government and seven international institutions. Established in 2011 with $20.5 million funding from the Australian Research Council and $11.5 million from the partner institutions, the Centre is hosted […]

Cheers – a beer to save water

October 20, 2011
Filed under: News — Tags: , — Karen Chance @ 3:15 am

ADELAIDE researchers have developed an improved variety of malting barley sure to please beer lovers. And the improved malting barley could reduce the amount of water involved in brewing beer by up to 40 per cent. The team, led by Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Wall Biology director Professor Geoff Fincher, developed the […]