ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT130101875

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT130101875

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO OVERCOME SCABIES AND ASSOCIATED DISEASE. Scabies causes childhood pyoderma predisposing to severe disease in later life. It is a major increasing health burden in Indigenous people of Northern Australia. Drug resistance is developing in mites and bacteria. The lack of clinical material has hampered molecular research and this work will use comparative genomics of parasitic and free living mites and microbiome analysis to understand fundamental aspects of mite biology and pathogenesis. The understanding of proteins that are essential for mite survival and interfere with host defences will allow the informed design of peptide inhibitors as a new strategy to develop alternative treatment options.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $749,920.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Parasitology | Enzymes | Genomics | Medical Microbiology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Health Status and Outcomes | Skin and Related Disorders | Infectious Diseases

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Health Status and Outcomes | Enzymes | Genomics | Infectious Diseases | Medical Microbiology | Medical Parasitology | Skin and Related Disorders

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