Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE240100128

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE240100128

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Engineering microenvironments to regulate osteocyte 3D networks in vitro. Most knowledge of bone is based on only a fraction of cells found in bone because the majority of cells in our bones (called osteocyte cell networks) cannot easily be grown or studied outside the body. This results in the inability to understand how the bone organ functions. Using bioinspired engineering, this project will use advanced biomaterials to biofabricate, for the first time, osteocyte cell networks in vitro. By unravelling how they are formed and controlled by manipulating their microenvironment, we will discover how different types of bones are formed. The benefits will be a valuable tool for the bone research community, allowing unresolved questions to be addressed in the future, such as how bone forms, repairs, and remodels.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2024

End Date: 31-12-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $450,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biomaterials | Biomedical engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Biomaterials | Biomedical engineering | Expanding Knowledge In Engineering | Expanding Knowledge In the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge In the Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

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