Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0665037
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Small heat-shock molecular chaperone proteins and amyloid fibrils. This proposal addresses the fundamental mechanisms of protein aggregation associated with debilitating age-related diseases, e.g. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cataract, and the prevention of aggregation via the action of a group of molecular chaperone proteins known as small heat-shock proteins. With the ageing population, the prevalence of these diseases will increase significantly over the next 20 years. Understanding and treating these diseases will therefore have significant long-term health benefits. Furthermore, the highly structured protein aggregates that form as hallmarks of many of these diseases have potential wide ranging applications in the emerging field of bionanotechnology, e.g. as nanowires and biofilms.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2006
End Date: 12-2009
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $277,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Medical Biochemistry: Proteins And Peptides | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders | Nervous system and disorders |
