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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE200100490
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Understanding infection tolerance to improve management of wildlife disease. This project aims to investigate tolerance (the ability to limit the detrimental effects of infection) as a key animal defence strategy against disease. It focuses on diseases in natural systems, using the devastating amphibian fungal skin disease, chytridiomycosis, as a model. Expected outcomes include improved understanding of the relative importance of tolerance and resistance, and insight into the key immune and physiologic mechanisms underlying variations in tolerance. Anticipated benefits include improved strategies for mitigating infectious wildlife diseases via identifying targets for therapeutic interventions, ecological management and assisted-evolution strategies. This project should also benefit amphibian conservation globally.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2020
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $426,742.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Population Ecology | Wildlife and Habitat Management | Environmental Science and Management | Conservation and Biodiversity
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
