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New facility to target bio-friendly pesticides

FEDERAL Minister for Education Dan Tehan has announced $35 million in funding to help research and develop bio-friendly products including pesticides.

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 Professor David Craik (on left), from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience will head up a new research centre where bio-friendly pesticides will be developed. Picture courtesy UQ.

Professor David Craik (on left), from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience will head up a new research centre where bio-friendly pesticides will be developed. Picture courtesy UQ.

The funding will be used to establish the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science through the University of Queensland (UQ). Bio-friendly...

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