A major agreement was signed today at the Institute between ANSTO and CSIRO, covering research collaboration in Food Science.
Initial projects will study the structure of starch in relation to its long-term nutritional benefits in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer and the incidence of diabetes.
The partnership brings the Bragg Institute's sophisticated neutron and X-ray capabilities in characterising materials together with CSIRO's broad food research capabilities through its Food Futures and Preventative Health Flagships.
Food Science Australia a joint venture of CSIRO and the Victorian Government and the University of Queensland are also partners in the project.
One of our AINSE students, John Daniels of Monash University, won one of two "Outstanding Poster by a Student" prizes at last week's 2006 Workshop of the ARC Australian Network for Research on Advanced Materials (ARNAM06) held at St John's College at the University of Queensland.
John has worked closely with Drs Andrew Studer and Mark Hagen at the Bragg Institute, and his poster was entiltled "Time-resolved studies of ferroelectric materials during the application of electric fields."
Published: 04/07/2006