ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT130100672

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT130100672

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Microscale microRNA Detection and Delivery for Effective Point-of-Care Cancer Screening and Therapeutics. MicroRNAs are short RNA molecules that play a critical regulatory role in gene expression. Recently discovered in 1993, microRNA research has since received considerable attention and is regarded as an emerging revolutionary frontier in medicine given its therapeutic ability to ‘turn off’ certain genes that lead to various diseases. Additionally, microRNA expression signatures are a strong biomarker for many diseases such as cancer. This project will advance the chip-scale acoustic microcentrifugation and nebulisation technology we recently pioneered to overcome the significant hurdles currently faced in microRNA detection and delivery with the aim of developing prototype portable microdevices for early stage cancer screening and therapy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2014

End Date: 30-06-2017

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $989,144.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Biotechnology | Gene and Molecular Therapy | Medical Biotechnology Diagnostics (incl. Biosensors) | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Diagnostic Methods | Cancer and Related Disorders | Health Protection and/or Disaster Response

Other Keywords

Cancer and Related Disorders | Diagnostic Methods | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics | Gene and Molecular Therapy | Health Protection and/or Disaster Response | Medical Biotechnology | Medical Biotechnology Diagnostics (incl. Biosensors)

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