ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT130100890

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT130100890

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Bioactive Peptides as Pharmacological Tools and Novel Drug Leads. Bioactive peptides are produced by all organisms and play numerous critical physiological roles, including in cellular communication, host defence and capture of prey. Peptides have huge potential as tools for studying roles of signalling pathways and as novel drugs due to their high affinity and selectivity for various therapeutically relevant targets. However their use has been limited by poor in vivo stability. This project is focused on studying structural features of a range of peptides and their contributions to both activity and to resistance against degradation, with the aim to develop stabilised bioactive peptide sequences for in vivo applications, allowing the full potential of peptides as drugs to be realised.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-12-2018

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $754,920.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Proteins and Peptides | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Biomolecular Modelling and Design | Molecular Medicine |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Substance Abuse | Mental Health | Infectious Diseases

Other Keywords

Biomolecular Modelling and Design | Infectious Diseases | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Mental Health | Molecular Medicine | Proteins and Peptides | Substance Abuse

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