A new CRCNA research collaboration seeking to give the north’s prawn industry a biosecurity boost has been launched at James Cook University’s Bebegu Yumba campus in Townsville. The three-year, $809,000 R & D venture is a collaboration between the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA), JCU, the Fisheries [...]
A new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) research collaboration will examine whether alternative sugarcane processing could deliver new opportunities for Australian sugarcane producers. Meeting with Project BGreen proponents Burdekin Renewable Fuels in Ayr, Dawson MP George Christensen said the R & D venture will set a new [...]
The CRCNA has partnered with the Digital Health CRC (DHCRC) and RMIT Online to deliver a suite of industry-relevant micro-credentials designed to revolutionise the digital capability of healthcare professionals across Northern Australia. The suite of three, 6-week Future Skills short courses will provide in-depth insights on how to deliver high-quality patient care with technology [...]
NT Farmers and the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) are driving the development of the north by undertaking a research project into supply chains. The project will provide a blueprint for government and industry on how supply chains can support the development of the Territory’s agricultural export [...]
A Cairns biotechnology company has its sights set on curing Type 2 diabetes – with a little help from Northern Australia’s unique array of parasitic worms. Macrobiome Therapeutics and James Cook University’s (JCU’s) Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM) will collaborate on a new $2.2 million R & [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA)’s latest collaboration is tipped to increase the export value of the Tiwi Islands forestry industry with the development of improved tree species and management practices over the next 3 years. Project participants will officially kick off the three-year, $4.6 million Maximising [...]
University of Queensland PhD candidate and winner of the CRCNA – DNA student competition Adriana Vega Grau will be take centre stage at next week’s Developing Northern Australia conference in Darwin. Adriana edged out competition from across Australia with her short video outlining her research topic ‘Helping rehabilitate post-mined landscapes in Northern [...]
CRCNA CEO Anne Stünzner, Chief Scientist Professor Allan Dale, a range of CRCNA-funded researchers and one lucky student will head to Darwin next week to participate in this year’s Developing Northern Australia (DNA) conference. The event runs from Monday 16 August through until lunchtime Wednesday 18 August and aims unites leaders, decision makers, industry [...]
Indigenous communities can now assess the quality and sweetness of their wild-harvested native bush fruits in the field, rather than sending samples off to food science laboratories. A prototype digital and portable bush fruits chemistry toolkit has been developed by University of Queensland researchers for communities to use on site, [...]