Systems-level Characterisation and Therapeutic Targeting of small RNAs in Acinetobacter baumannii disease

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

This proposal aims to understand how a superbug that causes severe infections in hospitalised patients worldwide and is known to be resistant to almost all available antibiotics, causes disease. We then plan on using this information to guide the development of a new type of therapy to treat this severe infection.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $581,990.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

RNA | antimicrobial therapy | bacterial pathogenesis | mechanisms | virulence