Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190102521

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190102521

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Marine sponge–microbe interactions and the origin of animal innate immunity. This project aims to address how the animal innate immune system evolved to discriminate between potential pathogens versus beneficial symbionts by studying a marine sponge holobiont. Using advanced genomic and cellular approaches, the project will uncover deeply conserved regulatory pathways used by the cells of sponges, humans and other animals, and thereby identify cardinal rules governing animal innate immunity and its evolutionary origin. The project will provide an understanding of how beneficial microbial symbionts are recruited and maintained by animals, and are instrumental to the health of our environment and all its inhabitants.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2019

End Date: 30-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $564,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Zoology | Animal Immunology | Molecular Evolution | Invertebrate Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Animal Immunology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Invertebrate Biology | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Molecular Evolution | Zoology

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