Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP160102644
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Quantifying yeast cell mechanisms: filamentous growth and biofilm formation. This project aims to quantify the cellular mechanisms of yeast growth to advance our understanding of these organisms and support strategies to prevent and treat disease. Although yeasts are some of the most studied organisms in biology, their modes of filamentous growth and biofilm formation are not fully understood. Yeasts such as the Candida species cause potentially lethal infections through filamentous invasion of tissues. The project plans to develop methods to quantify the mechanisms driving these growth processes. These methods will be designed to permit classification and selection of strain-specific properties of yeasts, providing a deeper understanding of the mechanisms controlling cellular and colonial morphology in the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the most important yeast in both biotechnology and bioscience.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2016
End Date: 12-2021
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $356,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Biological Mathematics | Theoretical and Applied Mechanics | Applied Mathematics | Cell Development, Proliferation and Death
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences |
