Cell death in parasites

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1024620

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by parasites known as schistosomes. As the current use of a single drug could lead to resistance, there is an urgency for new drugs. I discovered a novel cell death machinery in schistosomes and I now aim to unravel how this cell death pathway works and to identify the players required for parasite survival. The next step will then be to develop molecules that neutralize the activity of these pro-survival molecules hence leading to parasite death.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $391,076.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cell Development, Proliferation and Death

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

apoptosis | drug discovery | helminth infection | parasitic disease | schistosomiasis

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