The genetics of human epilepsy

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1006110

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Professor Scheffer and her collaborators lead the world in the discovery of the genetic causes of epilepsy. She will continue to identify new and refine known epilepsy syndromes and develop the classification of the epilepsies. Together with molecular colleagues, she will continue to discover the underlying genes causing this debilitating disorder leading to novel insights into the neurobiology. Her work may lead to new treatments and improve outcomes for people for epilepsy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Practitioner Fellowship

Funding Amount: $542,272.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

autism spectrum disorders | channelopathy | epilepsy | family studies | genetic disorders | genetics | intellectual disability | ion channels | molecular mechanisms | seizures

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