Dr Josh Ramsay (School of Biomedical Sciences) has been awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship for Harnessing horizontal gene transfer for sustainable nitrogen fixation – $780,000.  Josh’s interests in microbial gene transfer cuts across many disciplines including agriculture, environment and health domains and this four-year focused research Fellowship will enable Josh to significantly grow his research lines of enquiry.  A favourite amongst undergraduate students for innovative projects, Josh’s research has been consistently published in high ranked journals and received significant media attention.  Indeed, Josh was recently recognised as a rising star at the Science on Swan Meeting 2017!

Please congratulate Josh on this wonderful achievement.