Manipulating the self-assembly properties of fungal hydrophobin proteins for the design of novel biological polymers.

基于疏水性的产品将是一种新型的生物相容性和可生物降解产品，在医疗植入物、生物传感器、洗涤剂、涂料、制药和工业乳液等领域具有广泛的应用。它们有可能直接改善所有澳大利亚人的生活，并有利于澳大利亚的经济和环境。这一合作研究项目将使澳大利亚科学家能够从与跨国公司的合作中获益，并获得快速发展的结构和分子生物学领域的技能。悉尼大学将拥有这项工作产生的任何知识产权，并将从基于疏水性的产品的商业化中受益。

Hydrophobin-based products will be novel biocompatible and biodegradable products with applications in the fields of medical implants, biosensors, detergents, coatings and pharmaceutical and industrial emulsions. They have the potential to directly improve the lives of all Australians and to be of benefit to the Australian economy and environment. This collaborative research project will enable Australian scientists to gain from working with a multinational company and to acquire skills in the rapidly expanding fields of structural and molecular biology. The University of Sydney will own any intellectual property arising from this work and will benefit from the commercialisation of hydrophobin-based products.