Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0556554

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0556554

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Lipid raft and cyotoskeleton organization: How membrane domains give cells direction. For a large number of cells in our body it is imperative that they are able to orientate themselves relative to their environment, sense direction and translate incoming signals. To do so it is hypothesised that lipids on the cell surface are redistributed to form specialized domains. An asymmetric distribution of membrane domains can provide cells with a front and rear end and can further concentrate and co-ordinate signalling molecules to a specific site. The project will determine the role of lipid domain in stabilizing cell shape and their remodelling during cell migration, the digestion of foreign particles and the formation of cell-cell contacts.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 30-06-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $670,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction | Membrane Biology | Cellular Interactions (Incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Immune system and allergy | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biological sciences | Cellular Interactions (Incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall) | Immune system and allergy | Membrane Biology | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction

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