HydGene Renewables, founded by researchers from Macquarie’s School of Natural Sciences, has secured $6 million in seed funding for its innovative green hydrogen technology. Photo: Startup Daily
Three Macquarie University projects share in ARC Linkage Projects funding
Macquarie University has been awarded more than $1.6 million across three research projects in the latest Australian Research Council Linkage Projects scheme funding round.
Congratulations to the project teams, led by Chief Investigators Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley, Associate Professor Amy Cain and Professor Shujuan Huang.
Read about the funded projects >
Green hydrogen spinout secures $6 million in seed funding
Macquarie University spinout company HydGene Renewables has successfully secured $6 million in seed funding. HydGene Renewables CEO Dr Louise Brown co-founded the company with Professor Robert Willows, Dr Kerstin Petroll and Dr Ante (Tony) Jerkovic, with the mission to accelerate the adoption of low carbon technology by providing an alternative green hydrogen solution.
“We are incredibly proud of our amazing team, and the milestones we have achieved in developing our biocatalyst technology for transforming waste biomass into green, renewable hydrogen,” says Dr Brown. “This seed funding will help us to continue the development of our biocatalyst and scale our technology to revolutionise the hydrogen industry and create a better future.”
The origin story of HydGene Renewables was also recently featured in Startup Daily.
Business with impact
Macquarie Business School is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 MQBS Impact Story Prizes. The prizes recognise contributions to the economy, society, environment or culture, from activities in research, outreach and engagement.
| Improving the Australian aged care system through robust and policy-relevant research | Professor Henry Cutler, Dr Yuanyuan Gu, Dr Anam Bilgrami, Dr Mona Aghdaee, Professor Mostafa Hasan, Dr Carl Shen and Dr Andrew Partington |
| The chocolate scorecard | Professor John Dumay |
| Aged care workforce challenges | Professor Denise Jepsen and Toni Barker |
| Excel skills for industry: Excel Skills for Business Forecasting for Coursera + Getting Started with Analytics for Optus U | Dr Prashan Karunaratne and Dr Hamed Jafarzadeh |
| Sustainable HRM practices and the triple bottom line: a multi-level perspective | Dr Candy Ying Lu, Dr Miles Yang, Associate Professor Yue Wang and colleagues |
| Gender equity in medical Technology | Associate Professor Rebecca Mitchell and colleagues, with the Medical Technology Association of Australia |
| Economic and psychosocial impacts of caring for families affected by Adult Mitochondrial Disorder (EPIC-MITO) | Professor Deborah Schofield, Associate Professor Rupendra Shrestha and colleagues |
| An econometric thermometer for housing fever | Professor Shuping Shi |
Win for Clinical Trials Unit
The Macquarie University Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) has been recognised for its Clinical Trials Trainee Program. The CTU received a Team Innovation Award from clinical trials industry body to the Australian pharmaceutical industry, the Association of Regulatory and Clinical Scientists, at its recent 2023 conference. The win is particularly significant as these awards usually go to pharmaceutical companies rather than independent trial sites such as the CTU.
Staff shortages in the clinical trials industry are an ongoing problem, and to address this on a larger scale, the University is preparing to offer a Master in Clinical Trial Practice for the first time in 2024, with an industry internship similar to the trainee program built in as a course requirement.
Oral history award for Professor Eric Knight
Congratulations to Professor Eric Knight, Executive Dean of Macquarie Business School, who has been awarded the 2023 Susan W Schofield Oral History Award for his latest book Voices from the Hennessy Presidency: Collected Interviews with Stanford University Leaders 2000-2016. The award is presented annually by the Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program for excellence in the practice of oral history.
Professor Knight’s book shares insights from 21 interviews with Stanford leaders during the time of the University’s 10th president, John L Hennessy. It tells the tale of exceptional leadership during times of challenge and change.
Stanford’s lessons for the modern research university (This Week, March 2023)
ISCB Fellowship an Australian first
Honorary Professor Shoba Ranganathan from Applied BioSciences, has been elected as the first Australian ISCB Fellow by the International Society for Computational Biology.
The ISCB Fellows program was created to honour members who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics. Professor Ranganathan was elected for her pivotal work in connecting global bioinformatics communities, especially in Australia, Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region, which led to critical improvements in bioinformatics education, training, infrastructure and research.
Macquarie student announced as youngest ever Wallaroos captain
Congratulations to Bachelor of Business Administration student Piper Duck who has been made the youngest ever captain of the women’s national rugby union team, at age 22.
Born in Wagga Wagga and raised in Tumut, Piper moved to Sydney at age 16 to pursue her dream of a rugby career. Piper joined the New South Wales Waratahs in 2020, and was named captain of the Waratahs Women this year – also becoming that club’s youngest ever captain.
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