Investigating mechanisms of dementia and motor neuron disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1036835

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Dementia and motor neuron disease (MND) are both neurodegenerative diseases which have devastating impacts on patients and their families. My research investigates the biochemical mechanisms involved in these diseases. Pathology in the nervous system of dementia and MND patients contains a protein called ‘TDP-43’, but it remains unknown how this causes disease. This project will therefore explore the effects of TDP-43 malfunction, which will provide insight into potential therapeutic strategies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $303,924.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

RNA binding proteins | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | cell biology | death signalling | dementia | molecular basis of disease | molecular pathogenesis | motor neuron disease (MND) | neuronal degeneration | protein aggregation

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