Sydney Nano
Monthly Newsletter
November 2021
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Message from the DirectorAnother successful month for our community. We held a fantastic event with Sydney Ideas, ' Big solutions on the nanoscale', where three of our top researchers spoke to over 450 attendees on their work in tackling some of the greatest challenges of our time. In case you missed it, be sure to catch the recording. In other positive news, many of our Members received significant awards, including the 'Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation', the top 40 'lifetime achievers in their field', the 'Highly Cited Researchers' list, the 'Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence', and more. Congratulations to all for their extraordinary achievements this year. Coming up, we are excited to host Dr Jeremy O'Brien, CEO and Co-Founder of PsiQuantum for our next Distinguished Lecture on tomorrow, Friday 3 December. We hope to see many of our community members there for our final public Sydney Nano event for the year, there is still time to RSVP!
Professor Ben Eggleton
Director, Sydney Nano
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From left: Prof Chiara Neto, Dr Shelley Wickham, Prof Zdenka Kuncic
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'Big solutions on the nanoscale', Sydney Ideas event
Last week, we held 'Big solutions on the nanoscale' with Sydney Ideas. We had over 450 attendees via webinar & LinkedIn. Our researchers, Prof. Chiara Neto, Dr Shelley Wickham and Prof. Zdenka Kuncic spoke on how their teams are tackling some of the world's greatest challenges in health, water, neurology & more, as co-leads of a Sydney Nano Grand Challenge. The event was hosted by A/Prof. Alice Motion, and introductory address by Prof. Ben Eggleton. In case you missed it, catch up on YouTube. Stay tuned for the podcast.
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Joint sustainability lab launched with Zhejiang University
The University of Sydney and Zhejiang University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint lab on sustainable environment, a collaborative effort by Sydney Nano, the Office of Global Engagement, and Engineering. The Lab is designed to promote multidisciplinary research in sustainable development, researchers will look at developing solutions to global problems such as environmental pollution remediation, ecosystem restoration, renewable and clean energy and ‘big data’ science. The Sydney arm will be led by Sydney Nano Member, Prof. Jun Huang. Read the full article.
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Early Career Researcher Development Nodes kick off
A/Prof. Alice Motion has kicked off the Sydney Nano 'Early Career Researcher' Development node, 'Building a Research Group', the first development session in the series, facilitating great discussions & knowledge-sharing with researchers across the University.
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Prof. Ben Eggleton named one of 40 'lifetime achievers in their field'
The Australian has named Australia’s top 40 lifetime achievers in research, chosen for the consistent excellence of their work and the impact they have in their fields. Congratulations to Prof. Ben Eggleton, receiving this recognition in Physics & Mathematics, a superstar in the field. Read the full article.
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Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation
Congratulations to Prof. Tony Weiss on receiving the 2021 Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation! The achievement recognises Prof Weiss' pioneering research and commercialisation of synthetic tropoelastin-based biomaterials, which can accelerate and improve the repair of human tissue. Read the full article.
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University spin-out company Gelion lists on London Stock Exchange
Renewable energy storage company, Gelion, founded by Professor Thomas Maschmeyer has started trading on the London AIM market to take battery chemistry developed at the University of Sydney to the world. Read the article.
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$250,000 from Elon Musk to Sydney students for carbon removal
A team of University of Sydney students has won a US$250,000 prize, awarded by Elon Musk's Foundation and announced at COP26. With industry partners and an academic supervisor, they have developed a solar-powered unit that removes CO2 from the atmosphere. The University team, overseen by Prof. Deanna D’Alessandro from Sydney Nano & the School of Chemistry. The team are one of 23 winning teams. Congratulations! Read the full article.
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Prof. Anita Ho-Baillie named top researcher in 'Sustainable Energy'
Congratulations to Prof. Anita Ho-Baillie, named top researcher in 'Sustainable Energy' in the engineering and computer science category, among a 'top 250 Australian Researchers' list by the Australian. Read the full article.
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2021 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers List
Congratulations to Prof. Anita Ho-Baillie, Sydney Nano Deputy Director, on making the 2021 Highly Cited researcher list, along with 28 other University colleagues. The annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Find out more.
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Sydney Nano success: Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence
- Prof. Richard Payne, Faculty of Science - Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision
- Dr Yu Heng Lau, Faculty of Science - Outstanding Early Career Teaching
- Dr Ben Brown - Outstanding Educational Engagement and Innovation
- Prof. Albert Zomaya, Faculty of Engineering - Outstanding Research
- Dr Amandeep Kaur, Faculty of Medicine and Health - Outstanding Early Career Research
- Dr Fengwang Li, Faculty of Engineering - Outstanding Early Career Research
- Prof. Anita Ho-Baillie, Faculty of Science - Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation
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2021 Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award
Sydney Nano researchers receive 2021 Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award worth $1M used to translate life-changing implantable bionic devices into clinical practice. Big congratulations to Sydney Nano's Prof. Gregg Suaning, Dr Omid Kavehei, Prof. Alistair McEwan, and University colleagues Dr Orsolya Sara Kékesi & Prof. Jonathan Clark AM on this fantastic win. Find out more.
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$15 million for innovative health and medical research
Congratulations to Prof. Joel Mackay from Sydney Nano & the Faculty of Science, on being awarded $829,000 for New approaches to cancer treatment through mRNA display. Prof. Mackay is among 18 University of Sydney researchers to be awarded an NHMRC Ideas Grant. Read the full article.
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Prof. Steven Maguire receives 'Excellence in Research Award for Established Researcher'.
Congratulations to Prof. Steven Maguire who has been awarded by the Sydney Business School, an 'Excellence in Research Award for Established Researcer'. Learn more.
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Sydney Spotlight: Dr Daniel Blinkhorn
Our newest Sydney Nano 'Artist in Residence', Dr Daniel Blinkhorn, was featured in the University Sydney Spotlight. Dr Blinkhorn was interviewed on his fascinating research, compositions that employ natural sounds alongside traditional musical instruments, as well as his work that examines a variety of ways in which to impart some of the science behind Sydney Nano's Grand Challenge, Advanced Capture of Water from the Atmosphere (ACWA), with the use of sound and music. Read the full article.
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Awards & Grant Opportunities
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Funding announcement: NSSN Grand Challenge Fund now open
The NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) is calling on research, industry and government stakeholders to form collaborative proposals and apply for funding under round two of the NSSN Grand Challenges Fund.
Grants of up to $100,000 per project will support the development of R&D projects that link industry or government partners with NSSN member universities to translate world-class research into impactful smart sensing solutions, either through commercialisation or operationalisation. The Fund has been established to promote the development of research aligned to the six NSSN Grand Challenges: ageing, bushfires, COVID-19, water; mining, and smart places and buildings. Applications close 21 February 2022. Find out more & apply.
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Upcoming Events Sydney Nano events Other events- The Sydney Nano community are invited to the 'Quantum Meta-Ethics (QM-E) workshop' coming up, coordinated by the Centre for International Security Studies | 8 December. RSVPs close 6 Dec. More info & RSVP.
- Public events by the University
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Media Highlights- The Saturday Paper quoted Prof. Anita Ho-Baillie, John Hooke Chair of Nanoscience at Sydney Nano and the Faculty of Science, about the potential of perovskite solar cells.
- The AFR reported on a joint-program led by the Sydney Business School & Sydney Nano on 'Why universities are bringing together MBA students and scientists'.
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Member Publications- Baeckens, S., Temmerman, M., Gorb, S.N., (...), Whiting, M.J., Van Damme, R. Convergent evolution of skin surface microarchitecture and increased skin hydrophobicity in semi-aquatic anole lizards (2021) Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(19), art. no. jeb242939.
- Zhang, Y., Marlow, J.B., Millar, W., (...), Atkin, R., Li, H. Nanostructure, electrochemistry and potential-dependent lubricity of the catanionic surface-active ionic liquid [P6,6,6,14] [AOT] (2022) Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 608, pp. 2120-2130.
- Akhavan, B., Ganesan, R., Matthews, D.T.A., McKenzie, D.R., Bilek, M.M.M. Noble gas control of diamond-like content and compressive stress in carbon films by arc-mixed mode high power impulse magnetron sputtering (2021) Surface and Coatings Technology, 427, art. no. 127785.
- Ho-Baillie, A.W.Y., Sullivan, H.G.J., Bannerman, T.A., (...), Cairns, I.H., McKenzie, D.R. Deployment Opportunities for Space Photovoltaics and the Prospects for Perovskite Solar Cells (2021) Advanced Materials Technologies.
- Bax, D.V., Nair, M., Weiss, A.S., (...), Best, S.M., Cameron, R.E. Tailoring the biofunctionality of collagen biomaterials via tropoelastin incorporation and EDC-crosslinking (2021) Acta Biomaterialia, 135, pp. 150-163.
- Lam, Y.T., Tan, R.P., Michael, P.L., (...), Rnjak-Kovacina, J., Wise, S.G. Bioengineering silk into blood vessels (2021) Biochemical Society Transactions, 49(5), pp. 2271-2286.
- Widjaja, J., Kobakhidze, E., Cartwright, T.R., (...), Alexander, T.J., de Sterke, C.M. Absence of Galilean invariance for pure-quartic solitons (2021) Physical Review A, 104(4), art. no. 043526.
- Mehrgardt, P., Khushi, M., Poon, S., Withana, A. Deep Learning Fused Wearable Pressure and PPG Data for Accurate Heart Rate Monitoring (2021) IEEE Sensors Journal.
- Choudhury, N., Chowdhury, S., Das Chowdhury, S., (...), Sen, R., Dhar, A. Novel Dopant Tailored Fibers Using Vapor Phase Chelate Delivery Technique (2021) Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science.
- Vindin, H.J., Oliver, B.G., Weiss, A.S. Elastin in healthy and diseased lung (2021) Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 74, pp. 15-20.
- Lin, J., Yang, K., New, E.J. Strategies for organelle targeting of fluorescent probes (2021) Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 19(43), pp. 9339-9357.
- Yang, T., Li, F., Zheng, R. Recent advances in radiation detection technologies enabled by metal-halide perovskites (2021) Materials Advances, 2(21), pp. 6744-6767.
- Mondou, M., Maguire, S., Pain, G., (...), Basu, N., Hickey, G.M. Envisioning an international validation process for New Approach Methodologies in chemical hazard and risk assessment (2021) Environmental Advances, 4, art. no. 100061.
- Das, C.M., Guo, Y., Kang, L., (...), Martinez-Martin, D., Yong, K.-T. Improving the Sensitivity of SPR Sensors with Au–Ag alloys and 2D Materials — a Simulation-Based Approach (2021) Nano Letters.
- Almora, O., Baran, D., Bazan, G.C., (...), Yip, H.-L., Brabec, C.J. Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 2) (2021) Advanced Energy Materials.
- Soufan, O., Ewald, J., Zhou, G.,(...), Basu, N. & Xia, J. EcoToxXplorer: leveraging design thinking to develop a standardized web-based transcriptomics analytics platform for diverse users (2021) Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry.
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