The VICS Industry Linkage Program aims to foster linkages between early stage research in participating chemistry departments and partners in industry. There are two key components to our activities. Firstly, the provision of strategically-placed funding to support research leading to ARC Linkage applications (and related funding mechanisms), and secondly an annual 'Industry Day' where current University research is displayed and presented to the industrial community, information regarding possible sources of assistance is provided along with the opportunity to meet and interract with potential collaborators.

The next Industry day is planned for 4-7 pm, 7th May, 2009 at Storey Hall, RMIT. More details will be provided here shortly.

Through both Scholarships and Linkage Support Fund schemes, VICS Industry Linkage has supported projects involving:

• the use of polymer inclusion membranes for the clean-up of recycled water from Stawell Gold Mines, S. Kolev, (Melbourne)
• the removal of mercury vapour from the exhausts of coal-fired power plants and aluminium refineries, S. Bhargava, S. Ippolito (RMIT)
• investigation of coffee volatiles by GCxGC and GCxGC-MS with Grinders, P. Marriott, S. Urban (RMIT) & P. Tregloan (Melbourne)
• the synthesis of electroluminescent polymers, J. White (Melbourne)
• denitrification in small urban streams, M. Grace, P. Cook (Monash)
• Shape-dependent Antimicrobial Applications of Silver Nanoparticles, V. Bansal & S. Bhargava (RMIT)
• Photodegradation of Wine - The Influence of the Bottle, K. Ghiggino & G. Scollary (Melbourne)
• Quantifying the Important Role of Biofilms in Denitrification in Urban Streams, P. Cook & M. Grace (Monash)
• Novel Approaches to Monitoring the Activity of ATP-Utilizing Enzymes in Real-Time, K. Tuck (Monash)
• Studying the Mobility, Bioavailability and Ecotoxicity of Antimony in Mining Waste, S. Kolev (Melbourne)
• An Integrated Hyphenated GC-NMR and HPLC-NMR Methodology for Discovery of Natural Products and Molecular Markers, P. Marriott & S. Urban (RMIT)

Contact Trevor Smith for details trevoras@unimelb.edu.au