Research
Lipid self-assembly materials
- Lipid monolayers, bilayers, vesicles, bicontinuous cubic and hexagonal phases
- (Model) peptide encapsulation, including viral fusion peptides and therapeutic peptides. Additionally, RNA-lipid interactions as per our 2024 ARC Discovery project
- Integral- and peripheral membrane protein encapsulation
- Biosensor development with bulk lipid mesophases
- Biomedical applications with dispersed lipid mesophases An example with coronavirus fusion peptides can be found in this 2023 ACS Nano Paper.
Food Process Engineering & Waste Upcycling
- Drying properties and modelling. Jackfruit processing video can be found here
- Protein-lipid interactions, protein extraction and structures
- Physical chemistry approach to formulations, encapsulation of bioactive compounds
- High- and low-moisture extrusion for the production of meat analogues, cereals, pasta or other extruded products and snacks. Example publication with expanded corn-jackfruit extrudates.
- Texture analysis (including gels such as dairy analogues) and consumer perception
- Nutritional value
- Food waste upcycling: Bioprocess engineering for bioplastic production. More information can be found in this video . With new 2024 - 2028 projects in the ARC Research Hub for Carbon Utilisation and Recycling RECARB and ARC Value-Added Processing Hub.
Crystallisation
- In meso crystallisation of membrane (associated) proteins and peptides
- Food components
- Crystallisation of metal ions and their hybrid materials
- Crystalline and amorphous forms of polymers such as PHA's