NHMRC project grant outcomes 2011
The NHMRC project grants awarded to Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers for 2011 are listed below alphabetically by surname. Alternatively, you can download a list of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute NHMRC project grants for 2011.
Recipients: Professor Warren Alexander, Dr Marnie Blewitt and Dr Ian Majewski
Research topic: Genetic and genomic dissection of Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) in cancer
Funding: $556,706
Recipients: Dr Jeffrey Babon, Dr Nic Nicola & Dr James Murphy
Research topic: Understanding SOCS3 inhibition of JAK activity in myeloproliferative disorders
Funding: $506,706
Recipients: Dr Gabrielle Belz & Dr Erika Cretney
Research topic: Understanding the role of innate immune cells in regulating gut-associated lymphoid tissues at steady-state and in disease
Funding: $352,524
Recipients: Dr Justin Boddey, Dr Anthony Hodder & Dr Brian Smith
Research topic: Function and inhibition of Plasmepsin V in targeting malaria virulence proteins into human erythrocytes
Funding: $394,208
Recipients: Dr Melissa Call & Dr Matthew Call
Research topic: Control of immunoreceptor assembly and function by intramembrane sequence elements
Funding: $389,208
Recipient: Dr Mark Chong
Research topic: An alternate function of the microRNA biogenesis machinery
Funding: $292,524.00
Recipients: Dr Ben Croker & Dr Seth Masters
Research topic: Regulation of an IL-18 inflammasome by Wdr1
Funding: $347,392.00
Recipients: Professor Alan Cowman & Dr Melanie Rug
Research topic: Export of PfEMP1, the major virulence protein of P.falciparum, to the parasite infected erythrocyte surface
Funding: $568,390
Recipient: Dr Leigh Coultas
Research topic: Molecular regulation of apoptosis in endothelial cells
Funding: $573,390
Recipients: Dr Doug Fairlie & Associate Professor Bernd Kalinna
Research topic: Targeting Bcl-2 pathways in parasites
Funding: $469,815
Recipients: Dr Doug Fairlie & Professor Peter Colman
Research topic: The Bcl-2 life/death switch - Why do some Bcl-2 proteins kill cells whilst others promote their survival?
Funding: $362,550
Recipients: Dr Jacqueline Gulbis & Associate Professor Jamie Vandenberg
Research topic: Investigating molecular reorganisation during permeation gating in potassium channels
Funding: $779,256
Recipients: Dr Jacqueline Gulbis & Professor Eva Pebay-Peyroula
Research topic: Investigating the interaction of precursor inner membrane proteins with translocase components
Funding: $565,074
Recipients: Professor Philip Hodgkin & Dr Mark Dowling
Research topic: Quantitative survival regulation by T cells
Funding: $359,208
Recipients: Dr Benjamin Kile, Dr Ben Croker and Dr Seth Masters
Research topic: Defining the role of Nlrp1 and the inflammasome in host defense and inflammatory disease
Funding: $612,561
Recipients: Dr Ruth Kluck & Dr Walter Fairlie
Research topic: Mechanisms of Mcl-1- and Bcl-2-mediated resistance to apoptosis
Funding: $424,615
Recipients: Dr Michael Lawrence & Dr Colin Ward
Research topic: How insulin and the insulin-like growth factors bind to their receptors—the key role of the -chain C-terminal helix
Funding: $726,732
Recipient: Dr Lorraine O’Reilly
Research topic: The influence of NF-KB in the development of autoimmunity and cancer in Fas/FasL mutant mice
Funding: $575,734
Recipient: Dr Mark Pellegrini
Research topic: Chronic active viral persistence versus host immune mediated pathology: an analysis and manipulation of the balance.
Funding: $404,208
Recipients: Dr Clare Scott, Dr Karla Hutt & Professor Jeffrey Kerr
Research topic: Mechanisms of DNA damage-induced oocyte apoptosis and infertility: examination of the role of BH3-only proteins.
Funding: $411,273
Recipients: Dr Tim Thomas & Dr Anne Voss
Research topic: Interaction between Moz and PRC1 in defining epigenetic states and gene expression patterns
Funding: $412,524
Recipients: Dr Jose Villadangos & Dr Justine Mintern
Research topic: Characterisation of the antigen cross-presentation pathway in dendritic cells
Funding: $573,390
Recipients: Dr Jose Villadangos & Dr Yuekang Xu
Research topic: Regulation of the cardiovascular disease-associated protease inhibitor cystatin C for therapeutic application
Funding: $481,299
Recipients: Dr Jose Villadangos & Dr Justin Mintern
Research topic: Autophagy: a new pathway for presenting antigen in dendritic cells.
Funding: $429,615
Recipients: Dr Anne Voss & Dr Tim Thomas
Research topic: Effects of the histone acetyltransferases MOZ and QKF on chromatin modifications
Funding: $337,524
Recipients: Dr Yifan Zhan & Dr Sammy Bedoui
Research topic: The importance of GM-CSF in determining the fate and function of dendritic cell (DC) subsets: resident DC, inflammatory DC and suppressive DC
Funding: $322,524
Recipients: Dr Jian-Guo Zhang, Dr Natalie Sims & Dr Yibin Xu
Research topic: Structural and functional analysis of oncostatin M receptor signalling complexes
Funding: $501,706