ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT190100017

Funded Activity Summary

Imaging metal homeostasis in the ageing brain. This fellowship aims to deliver new tools to visualise how changes to blood vessels during ageing effect the amount and distribution of metal ions in brain cells in animal models. This will be a significant advance as current methods cannot image these parameters. Metal ions are essential for brain function, but the effects of ageing on metal ions within brain cells is largely unknown. The results are expected to associate brain-blood vessel permeability with changes to metal ion content during ageing. The methods developed, and the fundamental new knowledge they reveal will benefit national and international neuroscientists seeking to elucidate the fundamental neurobiology of metal ions with respect to maintaining healthy brain function.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-03-2020

End Date: 01-03-2024

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $739,302.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Synchrotrons; Accelerators; Instruments and Techniques | Analytical Chemistry | Bioinorganic Chemistry | Analytical Spectrometry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to Ageing | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Analytical Chemistry | Analytical Spectrometry | Bioinorganic Chemistry | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to Ageing | Synchrotrons; Accelerators; Instruments and Techniques

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