Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL150100146

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL150100146

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Taking Australia from the farm to the pharm. Taking Australian from the farm to the pharm: This fellowship project aims to design novel drugs based on cyclic peptides that will be expressed in the seeds of plants to produce bio-pills — saving money for patients and the health care system. Plants produce unique cyclic peptides (mini-proteins) to protect themselves from pests and pathogens. This project aims to chemically redesign these peptides to produce stable protein-based pharmaceuticals that can be eaten. It is hoped that these designer pharmaceuticals will be inexpensive, effective, easy to ingest and without the side effects of traditional drugs. The outcomes of this project are anticipated to be high-value drugs and agri-chemicals which will open up new high-value crops for Australian farmers and a new Australian ‘pharming’ industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-12-2015

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships

Funding Amount: $2,977,310.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Proteins and Peptides | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling) | Biologically Active Molecules

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biologically Active Molecules | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Proteins and Peptides | Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling)

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