ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT160100055

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT160100055

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The potential of membranes – peptide engineering to modulate ion channels. This project aims to develop a platform technology to identify new and selective sodium channel inhibitors based on ultra-stable venom peptides that can interact with and cross membranes. Sodium channels are involved in almost all aspects of human physiology. The ability to selectively inhibit individual sodium channel subtypes and to understand what drives peptides' ability to cross membranes would be a major achievement and lead to new neuroscience research tools and technologies. This project’s proposed technology could be translated into new knowledge relevant to the biotechnology industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2017

End Date: 29-02-2020

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $805,160.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Proteins and Peptides | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Receptors and Membrane Biology | 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 | Receptors and Membrane Biology

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