Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1097152

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1097152

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Microcrystallography of spheroids: crystalline armours of insect viruses. The proposed project will provide fundamental insights into the organisation of ultra-stable armours protecting insect viruses. This will open novel avenues for the development of highly efficient and specific bioinsectides as well as innovative tools such as natural microparticles for improved vaccines. The techniques used in this project are at the frontier of imaging techniques and will establish a national expertise in X-ray micro-crystallography. This will contribute to the optimal use of the $8-million microfocus beamline of the newly built Australian Synchrotron enabling breakthroughs such as the structures of membrane receptors for hormone and neurotransmitter with major implications for drug development.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $315,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Microbiology | Virology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biological sciences | Microbiology | Virology

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