The University of Queensland

Development of cryopreservation for high value provenance collections of recalcitrant plant species used in post-mining restoration (2009–2011)

Abstract:

This project will investigate the major factors that determine the ability of various plant species to survive cryogenic storage, with a focus on recalcitrant and/or endangered species of relevance to post-mining rehabilitation programs. The project will focus on defining membrane model systems for representative plant species, designing experimental and modelling predictions to provide guidelines for cryopreservation protocols for in vitro culture collections of valuable and irreplaceable genotypes and applying model systems to a wider range of species to assess the robustness of these models in predicting optimum cryogenic conditions.

Grant type:

Curtin University of Technology

Researchers:

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  Professor Alan Mark

  Professor
  

  School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences

  Faculty of Science

  Affiliate of ARC COE for Innovation
  

  ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science

  Institute for Molecular Bioscience

  Affiliate of ARC COE in Quantum Bio
  

  ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology

  Faculty of Science

Funded by:

Curtin University of Technology