Pharmacological Characterisation of Venoms from Australian box jellyfish

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/519451

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Australian box jellyfish are responsible for many stings in Australia every year. Years of scientific research have gone into studying how these venoms work however, their mechanism of action is still unknown. Most of these venoms cause cardiovascular effects in envenomed people. Our aim is to isolate and characterise these toxins in the venoms, this will hopefully allow us to then isolate their mechanism of action. Thus allowing for better management of accidental human envenomings.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2009

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $33,626.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical biochemistry - lipids

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Cardiovascular | Pharmacology | Toxinology

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