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Researchers from ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵ have secured more than $7.2 million through the program to strengthen national research and innovation capacity.

The scheme will support 16 ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵresearchers across a range of areas, from health and medicine to languages and culture.

·èÂíÐãÊÓƵARC DECRA 2025 recipients:

• Dr Charles Bell – improve understanding of the gene regulation process and predictability of cell behaviour.
• – strengthen understanding of gender bias in English-language translations of ancient Greek tragedy to inform new translations.
• – develop building blocks for a future quantum internet with secure communication to improve cybersecurity and data protection.
• – develop techniques to analyse electric charge behaviour in organic semiconductor devices to improve energy efficiencies.  
• – inform strategies to improve health workforce policymaking and develop resources to reduce work shortages in the industry. 
• – develop next-generation lithium-ion batteries with improved energy storage, reduced cost and longer lifespan.
• – improve understanding of the pharmaceutical properties of natural peptides, including from venom of cone snails, for potential therapeutics.
• Dr Min Liu – develop technologies for direct air capture of carbon dioxide to help reduce emissions.
• –investigate how the timing of antibiotics and viruses impacts the ecology of bacterial communities and the evolution of antimicrobial resistance.
• – improve understanding on the impact of artificial and environmental light on children’s sleep, cognitive function and wellbeing.
• – develop dynamic machine learning technology to support user decision-making on platforms such as e-commerce websites.
• – investigate the phenomenon and impact of everyday resistance – when individuals routinely and quietly oppose injustices in daily life.
• – strengthen understanding of antimicrobial resistance in water-borne pathogens and develop technology to reduce contamination in urban water systems.
• – develop processes to improve the efficiency of recommender systems which analyse large datasets.
• – enhance understanding of global methane emissions and their contribution to climate change.  
• – develop wastewater analysis and human biomonitoring methods to evaluate vaping patterns within communities and shape policies. 

The ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵresearchers are among 200 recipients awarded more than $92.9 million through the DECRA scheme.

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