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NHMRC and ARC grant results for the School of Biomedical Sciences

Grants awarded in 2008 for funding 2009

NHMRC Program Grants

Prof Patrick Sexton
Prof Arthur Christopoulos
Prof Roger Summers

Understanding G Protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs): accelerating discovery from concept to clinic.
Amount:  $6,501,506.67


NHMRC Project Grants

Prof Ben Adler

How Leptospira causes disease
Amount: $600,500

Prof Julian Rood

How is the expression of toxic genes controlled in the bacterium that causes gangrene?
Amount: $476,250

Prof Julian Rood
Dr Dena Lyras

How is the expression of toxic genes controlled in a major gastrointestinal pathogen?
Amount: $453,000

Prof David Jans

Microtubule-modulated subcellular trafficking and medical relevance
Amount: $508,500

Dr Reena Ghildyal

Role of viral 3C protease in rhinovirus pathogenesis
Amount: $544,500

A/Prof Tony Tiganis
Dr Stephen Turner

Regulation of T cell signalling
Amount: $304,500

A/Prof Tony Tiganis

Regulation of glucose homeostasis by phosphatises
Amount: $521,250

Dr Dena Lyras
Prof Julian Rood

How does Clostridium difficile cause diarrhoa in hospital patients?
Amount: $480,000

Dr Ian Smythe

How the ABCA 12 protein transporter controls lipid levels and affects the biology of the skin and cardiovascular system
Amount: $496,250

Prof Iain Clarke
Prof Ian Smith

Metabolic Control of Reproduction
Amount: $568,500

Prof Iain Clarke
A/Prof Alan Tilbrook

Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone
Amount: $599,025

Dr Margie Castillo-Melendez
A/Prof David Walker

What does low oxygen do to blood vessels in the fetal brain?
Amount: $556,500

Dr Grant Drummond
A/Prof Chris Sobey

The addition of sugar chains to Nox2 in vascular disease increases its capacity to generate free radicals
Amount: $531,250

Prof Harald Schmidt
Prof Barry McGrath
Dr Kirstin Wingler

Novel treatment strategies for cardiovascular diseases
Amount: $312,500

Prof Arthur Christopoulos
A/Prof Arthur Conigrave

Regulation of the calcium sensing receptor
Amount: $715,500

Prof Marcello Rosa
A/Prof Ramesh Rajan

Integrating the information from vision and hearing in the cerebral cortex
Amount: $472,200

Prof Christina Mitchell
A/Prof Harshal Nandurkar

Regulation of protein trafficking and cancer by the lipid phosphates MTMR4

Prof John Davies
Dr Charlene Kahler

Investigations into how bacterial cell surfaces vary, and the effect this has on the ability to cause disease
Amount: $531,500

Prof John Davies

Control of the bacterial genes involved in assembly of a structure that is essential for the infectious process
Amount: $269,250

A/Prof Matthew Watt

Do circulating ceramides contribute to type 2 diabetes?
Amount: $344,250

Prof Harald Schmidt
Dr Russell Brown
A/Prof Patrick Perlmutter
Dr Kirstin Wingler

Underlying mechanisms of cardiovascular disease
Amount: $475,800

Dr Marianne Tare
A/Prof Helena Parkington
Dr Shaun Sandow
Prof Michael Permezel

Local mechanisms that determine regional differences in ability of small arteries to deliver blood to organs in diabetes
Amount: $735,200

Prof Els Meeusen
A/Prof Thomas Cocks
Prof Robin Gasser

Investigating a new therapy for immune system diseases.
Amount: $464,525


ARC Discovery Projects

Prof Iain Clarke
A/Prof Alan Tilbrook

Dissescting the impact of stress on reproduction:  Novel peptide mediates inhibitory effects of stress on female reproduction
Amount: $390,000

Prof Rod Devinsh

Autophagy and the nucleus
Amount:  $290, 000

Prof Els Meeusen

Molecular determinants of an allergic response
Amount:  $370,000

Prof Patrick Sexton

Understanding and predicting small molecule binding to G protein-couple receptors (GPCRs)
Amount: $330,000

A/Prof Matthew Watt

Regulation of lipolysis: new players, new paradigms
Amount: $255,000

Prof James Whisstock
Dr Michelle Dunstone

Structural and Functional Studies on Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin-like proteins.
Amount: $883,000

Dr Jackie Wilce

Optimisation of peptidic non-phosphorylated inhibitors of the Grb7 SH2 domain
Amount: $420,000


ARC International Fellowships

Prof RJ Summers
Dr DS Hutchinson
A/Prof T Bengtsson
Dr M Sato

Characterisation of insulin-independent glucose uptake mediated by guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G-proteins) coupled receptors
Amount: $86,000


ARC Australian Post-doctoral Fellowship

Prof David Walker
Dr Hayley Dickinson

Who determines gestation length- mother or fetus?
Amount: $400,000