Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0667070

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0667070

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Origin of multicellularity in animals: identification and analysis of intercellular signalling pathways in a basal metazoan, the demosponge Reniera. The Reniera genome project is a multi-million dollar collaboration between JGI (US-DOE) and Australian scientists that will see the sequencing of the first Australian marine animal by 2006. This project will significantly advance our understanding of the origins of animals and contribute to the reconstruction of creatures that lived over 600 million years ago. A major outcome of this reconstruction will be a fundamental understanding of how cells communicate with each other during the process of development to give rise to the diversity of cell types within multicellular animals. This study will also shed light on what happens when cell communication goes astray, as observed in a range of human malignancies, including cancer.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $205,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Invertebrate Biology | Molecular Evolution | Genetics | Genetic Development (Incl. Sex Determination)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Cancer and related disorders | Biological sciences | Inherited diseases (incl. gene therapy) |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Cancer and related disorders | Genetic Development (Incl. Sex Determination) | Genetics | Inherited diseases (incl. gene therapy) | Invertebrate Biology | Molecular Evolution

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