A glycomics approach towards understanding alphavirus induced inflammatory disease and discovering novel therapeutic targets

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1073108

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Alphaviruses are transmitted by mosquitoes and cause a variety of serious human infections. This project investigates how alphaviruses cause disease, with special focus on inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases. The expected outcomes are a better understanding of human viral diseases, with a view to improving prevention and treatment strategies to reduce the disease burden of alphaviruses and related viruses. The research strategy is a world-first, and the institute is an international leader in this area.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $316,449.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Virology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Ross River virus | confocal microscopy | glycobiology | lectins | molecular virology | mosquito-borne disease | nuclear transport | rheumatic diseases | viral disease | virology

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