ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT200100221

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT200100221

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Bio-engineering Insect-Specific Flaviviruses for control of arboviruses. This project aims to study a family of commensal viruses of mosquitoes called insect-specific flaviviruses that are naturally found in mosquitoes and do not infect or cause disease in vertebrate hosts. Using an innovative approach, this project employs cutting-edge molecular virology approaches to modify these insect-specific flaviviruses to enhance their ability to block the replication of other pathogenic viruses in the mosquito vector. Expected outcome of this project is a bio-control strategy that is complementary to the Wolbachia approach. The anticipated benefits include the advancement of knowledge of insect-specific flaviviruses, and promotion of interdisciplinary research across the fields of Entomology and Virology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 29-06-2021

End Date: 14-07-2021

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $808,584.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Virology | Invertebrate Biology | Microbiology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Zoonoses | Infectious Diseases

Other Keywords

Infectious Diseases | Invertebrate Biology | Microbiology | Virology | Zoonoses

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