Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0344155

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0344155

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The co-expression of visual pigments in a single photoreceptor: environmental regulation and spectral tuning. The light sensitive cells (photoreceptors) in the vertebrate retina contain filters (oil droplets) and visual pigments (opsins). These structures tune the incoming light and initiate the visual process, respectively. Exciting new research reveals that some vertebrates express more than one opsin within a single photoreceptor. We plan to examine the regulation of single and two co-expressed opsin genes by manipulating the light environment. We expect to determine the environmental triggers for visual pigment tuning and the effects of co-expression on colour vision.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2003

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $65,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Comparative Physiology | Gene Expression | Genetics | Animal Anatomy And Histology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders |

Other Keywords

Animal Anatomy And Histology | Comparative Physiology | Gene Expression | Genetics | Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders

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