RIEL seminar series
The hidden value in crocodile carcasses: Collagen as the NT’s next bioindustry
| Presenter | Dr Padraig Strappe | |
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Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods
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| Location | Yellow 1, Level 1, Room 33 at CDU Casuarina Campus, and online via Zoom. All times are ACST. | |
| Open to | All International audience, CDU staff and students, Public | |
Dr Padraig Strappe is a teaching-research academic with the Charles Darwin University (CDU) Menzies Medical Program.
In the seminar ‘The hidden value in crocodile carcasses: Collagen as the NT’s next bioindustry’, Padraig will outline a streamlined process for purifying collagen from crocodile carcass material – an underutilised byproduct of the Northern Territory’s aquaculture sector.
Padraig will demonstrate how this biomaterial can be transformed into high‑value products for food, cosmetic, and biomedical markets. Converting waste streams into premium ingredients is a practical pathway to diversify the NT economy, enhance value capture for regional producers, and support the development of sustainable biomanufacturing ecosystems in northern Australia.
Padraig is actively engaged in teaching biomedical sciences within the CDU Faculty of Health and in developing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and outreach activities. His research background is in virology and recent projects have included the discovery of antiviral properties in natural products and rapid detection of respiratory pathogens.
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