Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE160100382
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Odorant recognition in insect olfactory system to control insect behaviour. This project seeks to develop new insights into insect’s ability to detect odour and to identify potential attractant compounds to support the development of environmentally safer insect pest control strategies. Insect reliance on senses to detect food has considerable potential for the development of odour-based behaviour control methods. Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are an ideal molecular target to identify odorant-based insect attractants from a large pool of compounds. However, our understanding of the molecular mechanism that mediates chemoreception in insects is limited. This project may provide valuable insight into the role of OBPs in molecular recognition in insects and develop a new way to screen attractants based on the binding ability of OBPs to compounds.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2016
End Date: 05-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $372,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Zoology | Invertebrate Biology | Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling) | Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
