Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1094680

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1094680

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

New mathematics of fractional diffusion for understanding cognitive impairment at the neuronal level. As Australia's population ages, cognitive impairment due to cortical ageing and neurodegeneration is looming as the nation's greatest health problem. The project will deliver new, more realistic, mathematical models for a mechanistic understanding of cognitive impairment at the neuronal level. This understanding is a vital first step in targeting drugs, e.g., to influence neuronal spine properties, for preventative health care. The project will maintain international collaborations, between applied mathematicians at UNSW, Sydney and biomathematicians and neuroscientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, providing ongoing training opportunities for Australian scientists in this cutting edge biomathematical research.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2010

End Date: 28-02-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $270,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Dynamical Systems | Mathematics Not Elsewhere Classified | Pure Mathematics | Biological Mathematics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Preventive medicine | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Mathematical sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological Mathematics | Dynamical Systems | Mathematical sciences | Mathematics Not Elsewhere Classified | Preventive medicine | Pure Mathematics

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