Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0666126

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0666126

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Wiring up the nervous system: how do axons detect molecular gradients? This project will improve our understanding of how the nervous system becomes wired up during development. This will ultimately allow better therapies for some types of developmental disorders, and for repairing damaged connections for instance in the spinal cord. The theoretical models developed will improve our understanding of the computations necessary to generate appropriate wiring of the nervous system, which may facilitate the development of self-organizing computing devices. The project will also provide unique research training at the interface of biology and computation, building capacity for such interdisciplinary research throughout Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $341,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cellular Nervous System | Neural Networks, Genetic Alogrithms And Fuzzy Logic | Neurosciences | Biological Mathematics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences | Mathematical sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological Mathematics | Biological sciences | Cellular Nervous System | Mathematical sciences | Neural Networks, Genetic Alogrithms And Fuzzy Logic | Neurosciences

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