Investigating the role of Mucosal Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1076124

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly infectious disease that kills 2 million people per year worldwide. If we are to eliminate this disease, we urgently need a new TB vaccine. I plan to look at what role a newly discovered type of T cell might play in TB infection and to see whether these cells can be manipulated by vaccination. This work will help us to understand more about the body’s first response to TB infection and how we can use this response in the design of new TB vaccines.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $122,566.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Innate Immunity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

T cells | immunology | innate immunity | microbial pathogenesis | mouse models | tuberculosis

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