"Our researchers are making a difference in the world."
Australia's cultural
revolution
In June 2005, the University of Adelaide and the Australian Ballet signed a memorandum
of understanding, the aim of which was to increase collaborative endeavour and
relations between the two organisations. The Memorandum follows the receipt of
a major ARC Linkage Project grant awarded to the University of Adelaide, the
Australian Ballet and the National Library of Australia.
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Commercialising
insulin-like growth factors
Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGF-I and IGF-II) are small, highly-related
proteins which stimulate the growth and differentiation of a wide variety of
cell types. Professor John Wallace from the School of Molecular and Biomedical
Science, is an expert on IGFs, which are produced by the liver and circulate
in the blood.
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Increasing road
safety, preventing injuries
Research in road safety and injury control at the Centre for Automotive Safety
Research at the University of Adelaide, contributes to the reduction of the human
and economic costs of road crashes. The Centre began life in 1973 as the Road
Accident Research Unit (RARU) with the planning and undertaking of an in-depth
study of road accidents in the Adelaide metropolitan area.
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Lighting flames
for a greener future
Combustion is the very foundation of the world's industrial society. It underpins
the current standard of living in the industrial world as well as being a major
contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The Turbulence, Energy and Combustion
(TEC) group at the University works with industry and international collaborators
to develop environmentally responsible, cost-effective energy technologies for
industries. The group's members are drawn from the Schools of Mechanical and
Chemical Engineering.
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Reducing foam
waste, making great savings
TRC Mathematical Modelling has worked together with the Dunlop Foams Group
to reduce the foam wastage in processing operations. Foam is produced in large
blocks that are subsequently converted into smaller products, such as cushions
and mattresses.
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Reducing the risk
of complications in late pregnancy
The Research Centre for Reproductive Health and the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
through Dr Claire Roberts and Professor Gus Dekker, is receiving $2.37m from
the Premier's Science & Research Fund to further their work on Screening
for Pregnancy Endpoints (SA SCOPE).
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Saving water
to make wine
In the 1990s basic research at the University of Adelaide, CSIRO Plant Industry
and South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) through the Cooperative
Research Centre for Viticulture on plant hormone responses in drought situations
led to the development in the late 1990s of an innovative irrigation technique
known as "partial root zone drying" (PRD).
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Transforming cereals
and farming industries
Wheat, barley and oats are the three cereals crops on which South Australia's
dryland farming industries are based. Their farm gate value is over $1 billion
with over 80% exported and the rest substantially value-added. University of
Adelaide plant breeders, Dr Tony Rathjen, Mr Gil Hollamby, Dr David Sparrow and
Professor Andy Barr, have collectively bred, developed and commercialised varieties
of wheat and barley that occupy over 90% of the South Australian area sown.
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