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NHMRC and ARC project grants announced in November 2009 boost Westmead Millennium Institute research activities

 

The following table shows the NHMRC grants WMI have been successful for 2009.

Please note, WMI Scientists are highlighted in green.

scientists working

NHMRC Grants

Westmead Millennium Institute researchers

 

App ID

Chief Investigators

Title

585464

Dr Matthew Cook, A/Pr David Fulcher

Genotypes and phenotypes of human primary non-congenital antibody deficiency.

596813

Dr Stuart Tangye, Dr Cindy Ma, Dr Elissa Deenick,
A/Pr David Fulcher
, Dr Matthew Cook

Regulation of T follicular helper cell development and effector function in health and disease.

632519

Dr Stephen Alexander, Prof David Harris, Dr Yiping Wang, Dr Yuan Min Wang

Gamma-Delta Tregs, CD8 Tregs and selected natural Tregs to treat renal injury.

632597

A/Pr John Wheatley, A/Pr Terence Amis

The impact of CPAP treatment on carotid artery atherosclerosis in heavy snoring and mild sleep disordered breathing.

632616

Dr Russell Diefenbach, Dr Cornel Fraefel, Dr Barbara Kelly

Functional roles of the tegument proteins of herpes simplex virus type 1.

632622

A/Pr Jonathan Iredell, A/Pr Steven Webb, Prof Keith Stanley, A/Pr Simon Brown, Dr Alistair Nichol,
A/Pr Michael Bailey

Bacteraemic load and survival in septic shock.

632630

Prof Jacob George, Dr Lionel Hebbard

The role of the adiponectin receptors in liver fibrosis.

632634

Dr Julianne Djordjevic, A/Pr Peter Williamson,
Prof Tania Sorell

The fungal SEC14 secretory pathway and virulence.

632638

Prof Anthony Cunningham

Elucidation of immune mechanisms underlying HSV vaccine development.

632647

Dr Gopala Rangan, Prof David Harris

Vitamin D3 receptor signalling to prevent kidney failure due to polycystic kidney disease.

632665

Dr Yiping Wang, Prof David Harris

Optimising the therapeutic efficacy of anti-inflammatory macrophages for use in chronic kidney diseases.

632688

Prof David Harris, Dr Guoping Zheng

Preventing Kidney Fibrosis By Targeting Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 In Chronic Kidney Disease.

632886

Prof Christopher Liddle, Dr Michael Downes

Steroidogenic factor-1, a novel regulator of hepatic stellate cell function.

633275

Prof James Wiley, Dr Justin Rubio Dr Jim Stankovich, Dr Judith Field, Dr Jeanette Lechner-Scott, Dr David Booth

Interrogation of two novel genetic susceptibility loci for multiple sclerosis.

590204

A/Pr Jie Jin Wang Prof Eric Boerwinkle, Dr Gerald Liew, A/Pr Pablo Moscato, Dr Shyong Tai, Dr Alexander Hewitt, Prof Ronald Klein, Dr Yik Ying Teo, Prof John Attia, Dr Patrick McElduff

Genetic associations of early retinal pathologic phenotypes: Data pooling and meta-analyses of multiple populations.

603708

Dr Melissa Churchill, Prof Steven Wesselingh,
Dr Stuart Turville
, A/Pr Paul Gorry

Molecular studies of the astrocyte reservoir of HIV-1 in the central nervous system.

 

ARC Discovery Project Grant

 

App ID

Chief Investigators

Title

DP1096623

Dr TP Newsome, Dr RJ Diefenbach

The fate of single virus particles during infection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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