Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0877914

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0877914

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

New polymerisation processes for the synthesis of novel biopolymers. Synthetic peptide-based vaccines, formed via polymerisation of small bioactive motifs, possess several advantages over traditional approaches and promise to be the multi-disease targeting vaccines of the future. Disease targets will include influenza and hepatitis C viruses and a toxin from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. These three diseases are in desperate need of novel vaccine approaches and the chemistries described in this proposal represent a conceptual leap over traditional, and so far ineffective approaches investigated thus far. Synthetic antifreeze proteins and bioelastomers will also be constructed using our catalysis driven polymerisation process and applied to unmet medical and industrial needs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $410,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Biochemistry: Proteins And Peptides | Organic Chemistry | Biological And Medical Chemistry | Organic Chemical Synthesis |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) | Chemical sciences

Other Keywords

Biological And Medical Chemistry | Chemical sciences | Medical Biochemistry: Proteins And Peptides | Organic Chemical Synthesis | Organic Chemistry | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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