Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140103260

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140103260

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

From the pouch to the grave: age and sex related changes in immunity in the Tasmanian devil. Tasmanian devils face extinction in the wild due to the emergence of a contagious cancer: Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD). A comprehensive understanding of the devil immune system is necessary to better understand the disease and develop a vaccine against it. This project will characterise immune responses of healthy devils throughout life, from the pouch, to onset of puberty, to old age. This project will then compare these responses in DFTD-affected devils to determine why DFTD affects older animals first and does not affect sexually-immature devils. Additional outcomes will include the development of novel antibiotics against human and animal diseases and an atlas of devil development using the latest imaging technologies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2014

End Date: 03-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $482,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genetic Immunology | Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Animal Immunology | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

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