Professor Kirill Alexandrov has been awarded a $2,981,630 NHMRC Investigator Grant.
Professor Alexandrov, who is the Professor of Synthetic Biology in the Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy, received the grant for the Artificial protein circuits and the next-generation diagnostics project.
“To ensure high-quality healthcare, we need advancements in disease diagnostics,” Professor Alexandrov said.
“I will use synthetic biology to develop technologies for detecting and monitoring diseases rapidly and accurately. By building sophisticated molecular machines capable of detecting disease markers, we will be able to simplify diagnostic hardware, making it more accessible for doctors and patients.
“Cheaper and easily distributable diagnostic technologies will be critical to meeting the increasing demand for healthcare in the world that is both growing and aging.”
We congratulate Kirill Alexandrov and look forward to the outcomes of this important project.
Article originally appeared in QUT News.