Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE180100066

Funded Activity Summary

Electrophysiology facility for cell phenotyping and drug discovery. This project aims to establish a high-throughput, automated patch clamp facility to enable research at the forefront of cell phenotyping and drug discovery. Ion channels are membrane proteins that underlie cell function and are therefore important drug targets. The patch clamp technique is the most powerful tool available to functionally characterise cells and study the function of ion channels. The significant advance provided by the high-throughput, automated patch clamp system is that it allows up to 384 cells to be recorded simultaneously. This project expects to enhance capacity to automate and standardise the quality of recordings, substantially increase the rate of data production, and enable greater access to patch clamp technology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $443,311.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cell Physiology | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Receptors and Membrane Biology | Biological Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Human Diagnostics | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biological Physics | Cell Physiology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences | Human Diagnostics | Receptors and Membrane Biology

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