Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160103100

Funded Activity Summary

Morphological development of the kidney – a paradigm for organogenesis. This project aims to shed new light on how the kidney develops, how normal adult function is established and how congenital kidney malformations occur. It aims to investigate a mathematical pattern that has been discovered in the program of branching morphogenesis which dictates kidney development. By combining cutting-edge genetic approaches, morphological analysis and mathematical modelling, this project plans to explore how this pattern is established, how it dictates kidney development and whether it constitutes an ancient mechanism central to organ formation. Project outcomes may improve understanding of fundamental developmental processes and developmental disease and variation. Project findings may also be important for understanding the development of other organ systems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-06-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $488,100.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Biological Mathematics | Evolution of Developmental Systems | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences | Urogenital System and Disorders |

Other Keywords

Biological Mathematics | Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) | Evolution of Developmental Systems | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences | Genetics | Urogenital System and Disorders

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