Understanding the Assembly of Poxvirus Immature Particles

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/606597

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Smallpox is an ancient and dreadful disease that enormously influenced human history causing over 300 millions of deaths in the 20th century only. Human cases of monkeypox virus in the US and the potential use of smallpox as a bioterrorism weapon have called for an urgent improvement in Australia's preparedness against poxviruses. We investigate the assembly of these viruses to advance our fundamental understanding of poxvirus biology and provide rationally designed drugs to fight them off.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $315,854.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Anti-viral drugs | Bioterrorism | Emergent poxviruses | Molluscum contagiosum | Monkeypox | Protein crystallography | Smallpox | Virology | Virus assembly

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