Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1092729

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1092729

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Mechanism of glutamate transport from experimental and simulation studies. Glutamate transporters play key roles in shaping the electrical signaling in the brain. Under conditions of stress or after a stroke, glutamate transporter function is impaired, which can lead to excessive levels of glutamate, cell death and impaired brain function. The project will help to decipher the operation of glutamate transporters at a molecular level and provide greater understanding of how glutamate levels are controlled, which is vital for developing better treatments for neurological disorders such as stroke. The project will also provide research training in experimental/computational molecular biology, which is a rapidly growing field underpinning the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 25-02-2010

End Date: 10-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Membrane Biology | Biophysics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nervous system and disorders | Biological sciences | Physical sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biological sciences | Biophysics | Central Nervous System | Membrane Biology | Nervous system and disorders | Physical sciences

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