Sydney Nano
Monthly Newsletter - April 2021
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Message from the DirectorDuring April I travelled with my family to outback NSW to enjoy some time off. I encourage everyone to take time out and recharge when possible. During the month we have hosted a number of engagements including the US Army Research Office and Roche Global Pharma Partnering Team. Our Deputy Director for Academic Partnerships, Prof Wojtek Chrzanowski has initiated our membership in the Nanotechnology Industry Association, a cross-sectoral association for nanotechnology value chains and the global commercial eco-system. I am excited to announce a new Catalyst Nano-Economy-Society, led by Dr Maria Rumyantseva from the Faculty of Business, to look at these interdependencies and impact of nano technologies with industry and society. EoIs are currently open for Sydney Nano Secondary Scholarships to current PhD students who have a passion for outreach, under the guidance of our Deputy Director Outreach & Training, Assoc Prof Alice Motion EoI form here. I congratulate Prof James Der Derian awarded an $800,000 DFAT grant for his Quantum ethics project. And Prof Jun Huang awarded a $347,000 ARC Linkage Project to collaborate with Sunbio. We have held a number of very successful events, including a Distinguished Lecture by Prof Erez Levanon from our partner institute BINA, Israel, What makes a good DECRA candidate with Prof Elizabeth New and next week a Scientific Seminar with Dr Daniele Vigolo, I encourage your attendance at our carefully curated events.
Professor Ben Eggleton
Director Sydney Nano
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New Catalyst – Nano-Economy-Society
The new Catalyst Nano-Economy-Society, led by Dr Maria Rumyantseva, Faculty of Business, looking at interdependencies of nano technologies, industry and society and the broader impact of Sydney Nano research and innovation.
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Student Ambassador Secondary Scholarship
EoIs are open to current PhD students with a passion for outreach. Ambassadors will develop their skills in science, technology and research communication and gain first-hand experience in outreach activities, giving visibility to the study of nanoscience in innovative and creative ways. They will be mentored by Sydney Nano Deputy Director Outreach & Training Assoc Prof Alice Motion. Closing 17 May 2021 Information and EoI form here
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Research and innovation with educational partners in India
The Faculty of Engineering and Sydney Nano in partnership with the OGE has led the way in strengthening research activities with IIT, Madras, Chennai, India, one of University’s key strategic partner for research and education. On 16 March both institutions organised an e-workshop on translational health science. Read full report here
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Sydney Nano joins Nanotechnology Industry Association
Sydney Nano has joined the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA), a global sector-independent expert and advocacy organisation. This membership will provide us with opportunities for cross sector collaboration and insights in global nano industry trends, international projects, policies and regulations.
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Sydney Nano Engagement
Sydney Nano welcomed the Global Pharma Partnering Team of Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide. The great alignment of key therapeutic areas of interest for Roche and areas of clinical and translational research excellence of the Sydney NanoHealth Network provides a fantastic opportunity for collaboration. Roche and Sydney Nano will deepen the dialogue in the comings weeks.
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Australia Innovates – The Series
Prof Ben Eggleton hosts video as part of a Business Events Australia - Australia Innovates video series, which aims to demonstrate Australia’s wide-ranging expertise across several knowledge sectors to position the nation as a world leading association destination.
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Quantum ethics project awarded DFAT grant
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Academics partner with industry and policy makers on new research
Sydney researchers have been awarded more than $4.2 million in federal government funding, including Prof Jun Huang and his team, who will collaborate with Sunbio on a $347,000 ARC Linkage Project to create new and cost-effective synthetic amino acids using industrial seafood waste.
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EOIs for a pilot Research Impact Accelerator workshop series
This is a free series of workshops hosted by CPC and open to all MDI-affiliated researchers to build their skills and knowledge about applying their research in industry and/or commercialisation Submit an EOI
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Student's physics homework picked up by Amazon quantum researchers
Undergraduate Pablo Bonilla Ataides has tweaked some computing code to effectively double its capacity to correct errors in the quantum machines being designed in the emerging technology sector. The simple but ingenious change to quantum error correcting code was co-authored by Dr Ben Brown from Sydney Nano and School of Physics.
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Sydney Nano YouTube Catch up on past events on our
New recordings include:
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Participant Members
Members are encouraged to have their PhDs and PostDocs registered as Sydney Nano Participants to enjoy our institution’s benefits.
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Upcoming Events- Wednesday 5 May 4-5pm Sydney Nano Scientific Seminar - Can we exploit microfluidics to engineer biology? Presenter Dr Daniele Vigolo
For information about events or to receive an invitation please email sydneynano.admin
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Members Publications
- Kuncic, Z., Nakayama, T. Neuromorphic nanowire networks: principles, progress and future prospects for neuro-inspired information processing (2021) Advances in Physics: X, 6(1), art. no. 1894234.
- Sun, H., Chen, S., Yang, W., (...), Liang, W., Huang, J. Plasmon-enhanced alcohol oxidations over porous carbon nanosphere-supported palladium and gold bimetallic nanocatalyst (2021) Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 292, art. no. 120151.
- Cao, Y., Sahin, E., Choi, J.W., (...), Eggleton, B.J., Tan, D.T.H. Thermo-optically tunable spectral broadening in a nonlinear ultra-silicon-rich nitride Bragg grating (2021) Photonics Research, 9(4), pp. 596-604.
- Grau, G.E.R., Hosseini-Beheshti, E. Extracellular Vesicles and Cerebral Malaria (2021) Subcellular Biochemistry, 97, pp. 501-508.
- Marianov, A.N., Kochubei, A.S., Roman, T., (...), Stampfl, C., Jiang, Y. Resolving Deactivation Pathways of Co Porphyrin-Based Electrocatalysts for CO2Reduction in Aqueous Medium (2021) ACS Catalysis, pp. 3715-3729.
- Taras, A.K., Tuniz, A., Bajwa, M.A., (...), Poulton, C.G., De Sterke, C.M. Shortcuts to adiabaticity in waveguide couplers–theory and implementation (2021) Advances in Physics: X, 6(1), art. no. 1894978.
- Baldry, M., Haidar, L.L., Akhavan, B., Bilek, M.M.M. Continuum modelling of an asymmetric CCRF argon plasma reactor: Influence of higher excited states and sensitivity to model parameters (2021) Plasma Processes and Polymers.
- Hunt, N.J., Lockwood, G.P., Kang, S.W.S., (...), Le Couteur, D.G., Cogger, V.C. Quantum Dot Nanomedicine Formulations Dramatically Improve Pharmacological Properties and Alter Uptake Pathways of Metformin and Nicotinamide Mononucleotide in Aging Mice (2021) ACS Nano.
- Robertson, A.G., Rendina, L.M. Gadolinium theranostics for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer (2021) Chemical Society Reviews, 50(7), pp. 4231-4244.
- Kamble, S., Valtchev, P., Dao, A., (...), Dehghani, F., Schindeler, A. Synthesis and Characterization of Bone Binding Antibiotic-1 (BBA-1), a Novel Antimicrobial for Orthopedic Applications (2021) Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 26(6).
- Zhang, X., Zhang, R., Yang, T., (...), Liu, H., Zheng, R. Facile Fabrication of Hybrid Perovskite Single-Crystalline Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting (2021) Energy Technology.
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Media Highlights- ABC Online published an article about University physics student Pablo Bonilla Atiades' study on quantum error correcting code.
- News.com.au article $80bn unexpected economic crisis about to hit about world-wide shortage of semiconductor chips, quotes James Rabeau, Sydney Nano Deputy Director
- Postdoctoral researcher Dr Taylor Szyszka, Lau group, School of Chemistry, was featured in an interview on The Science Pawdcast
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