Faculty/School

Faculty of Science

School of Biology and Environmental Science

Topic status

We're looking for students to study this topic.

Research centre

Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy

Supervisors

Associate Professor Kameron Dunn
Position
Associate Professor
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Professor Zhanying Zhang
Position
Professor
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Engineering

External supervisors

  • Trent de Paoli (AustChilli)

Overview

This project is related to industry projects for exotic mushroom production and bioactive extracts from avocado and chillie tissues.

Research engagement

Potentially grow oyster mushrooms, and then work on various combinations of water and ethanol extracts to combine bioactive compounds such as B-glucans and terpenoids (mushrooms), phenolics and omega-9-fatty acids (avocado) and  antioxidants (capsaicin form chillies)  to  generate new  products.

Research activities

solid state fermentation

Outcomes

Student will develop lab skills while screening combinations of biological substrates to create viable new food or health supplement products

Skills and experience

Ideally a combination background of biological sciences and chemistry. Process engineers may be considered.

Start date

20 November, 2024

End date

5 February, 2025

Location

Gardens Point.  Q620 or M5 laboratories

Additional information

Will likely work in combination with HDR students

Keywords

Contact

James  Strong (james.strong@qut.edu.au)