Targeting glycointeractions to generate new opportunities to treat and prevent bacterial infections.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1138466

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Bacteria and bacterial toxins can interact with complex sugar structures on human cells called glycans. My research team has identified new and important glycan interactions used by bacteria that cause diseases ranging from pneumonia, meningitis and food borne infections to urinary tract and sexually transmitted diseases. Now that these interactions have been discovered, they can be exploited to create drugs and vaccines that may treat and prevent disease by blocking the glycan interactions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2022

Funding Scheme: Research Fellowships

Funding Amount: $774,540.00

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

bacterial genetics | bacterial toxins | bacterial virulence factors | glycobiology | inhibitor design

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