Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0879133

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0879133

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Circular Plant Proteins with Pharmaceutical Applications. The proposed research will develop methods for using plants as protein production factories. Initially I will use plants to create engineered cyclotides that incorporate peptides with proven therapeutic activity against cancer and multiple sclerosis. Successful production of therapeutic proteins in plants will benefit Australians by making treatments for these and other diseases more accessible. It also has the potential for a major economic benefit from the sales of Australian-based drugs. This proposal will also provide outstanding research training for graduate students in multidisciplinary methods that constitute state-of the-art structural and plant molecular biology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-03-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $711,508.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Biology | Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Medical Biochemistry: Proteins And Peptides | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary plant products not elsewhere classified | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) |

Other Keywords

Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Medical Biochemistry: Proteins And Peptides | Plant Biology | Plant Physiology | Primary plant products not elsewhere classified | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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