Human pigmentation genetics, melanocyte biology and skin cancer

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1043187

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The fellowship application by A/Prof Sturm is to support his research into the biology of human skin, hair and eye colour, and the process of melanoma formation. His pivotal discoveries into the genetic basis of pigmentation and its regulation has provided an understanding of these physical traits and the associated genotypic risk factors for skin cancer development. The genes that determine an individual's skin phototype and the mechanisms involved in the tanning response after UV-exposure of the skin are actively being investigated.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Research Fellowships

Funding Amount: $686,656.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cancer Cell Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

gene polymorphisms | melanocyte | melanoma | pigmentation | skin cancer

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