Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP160105005
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Biomagnification of the biotoxin BMAA in the environment. Using unique models and technics, the project aims to demonstrate that long-term exposure to the blue green algae toxin β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) leads to uptake, accumulation and toxicity within the central nervous system. The risks for heath, mechanisms of contamination and toxicity of BMAA are very poorly understood. Algal blooms cost the Australian community more than $250 million each year and represent a major health issue for human and fauna. This project aims to be the first to fully characterise BMAA mechanisms of contamination and neurotoxicity and to highlight the major environmental risk of exposure of human to BMAA. It also aims to develop new and unique detection and quantification tools for BMAA.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2016
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $653,300.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified | Environmental Science and Management | Cell Neurochemistry | Freshwater Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Urban and Industrial Water Management | Natural Hazards in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
