Australian Drosophila Biomedical Research Support Facility

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/418033

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Breakthroughs in biomedical research frequently come from the study of model organisms, one of the most important of which is the vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster. In Australia, Drosophila is used in biomedical research with a particular focus on understanding processes that result in human cancer or are associated with birth defects or inherited diseases. Drosophila-based research is funded by bodies such as the Anti-Cancer Foundation, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NH and MRC) and the National Institutes of Health of the USA. This proposal seeks to establish infrastructure support for Drosophila research in the form of a central collection of key research stocks, a centralized facility for the importation of genetically defined stocks and a facility for the generation of transgenic Drosophila for use in biomedical research.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Enabling Grants

Funding Amount: $1,008,895.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cell Development, Proliferation and Death

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cancer and related disorders | cancer: mechanisms of growth, invasion, metastasis | cell death-apoptosis | cell death-cell survival | cell proliferation | cell-cell communication | defects in embryonic development | neurogenesis | neurological disorders | signalling pathways

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