Prion-like behaviour in immunity: super-sized signalling platforms?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1108859

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Prions have been mostly associated with pathologies but recent discoveries show that prion-like behaviour may be beneficial, enhancing our immune response for example. To test this, we want to systematically explore all human proteins involved in the defence against pathogens, find new prion-like trends and probe their role in the innate immune response.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $611,995.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

prion diseases | protein complexes | protein-protein interaction | signalling pathways | structural biology

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