Scholarships
The following scholarships are posted for the information of yeast community members. Please contact the nominated contact person, not the AYG, about a scholarship. If you want to advertise a scholarship in your lab/company/institution, please to AYG.
PhD scholarships in wine microbiology and biotechnology (up to 3)
Organisation: The University of Adelaide⁄The Australian Wine Research Institute
Description:
The Wine Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory together with collocated partners at the Waite campus (e.g. The Australian Wine Research Institute) is seeking up to 3 suitably qualified students to undertake research towards the degree of PhD. Three industry-level scholarships ($25,000 pa) and research costs have been made possible through grants awarded from the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation.
The research group has access to excellent facilities with capabilities ranging from basic microbial physiology (bench-top bioreactors, pilot fermentors, HPLC & GC metabolite analysis) right through to classical and molecular genetic analyses (PCR, microarrays, genomics, etc). Several collaborations with international groups will also enable phenotypic arrays and metabolomics to be undertaken. Current areas of research interest include:
- Characterisation of wine yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) amino acid metabolism and regulation thereof ;
- stress response mechanisms and contributions to wine flavour;
- strain optimisation by recombinant and non-recombinant techniques (random mutagenesis, metabolic engineering and directed evolution),
- as well as the cloning, heterologous expression and characterisation of the products of key genes from lactic acid bacteria which contribute to wine composition and quality.
Wine Microbial Biotechnology Scholarships (up to 3)
To support research into key areas of the genetics, physiology and optimisation of wine yeast and bacteria.
Projects:
- Directed evolution of wine yeast toward superior sugar utilisation (with AWRI).
- Molecular genetic improvement of wine yeast performance under stress.
- Cloning and characterisation of industrially important enzymes from lactic acid bacteria.
Value: Full scholarships: $25,000 per annum tax free plus project funding.
Tenure: Up to 3 years for a PhD and 2 years for a Masters.
Eligibility: Applicants should be Australian citizens or permanent residents (international applicants will be liable for tuition fees), hold a good honours degree or equivalent in a discipline relevant to the chosen field of study and be able to enrol in higher degree by research at the University of Adelaide.
Application forms can be obtained from the Student Centre, University of Adelaide, Ph: 08 8303 6208, email: student.centre@adelaide.edu.au or on the web at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/scholarships/postgrad/pgforms.html.
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For more information, please contact:
Dr Vladimir Jiranek
Email:
Phone: (08) 8303 6651
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